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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

September 1949

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Leap lunar month 728Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 729Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 730Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 731Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 71Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 72Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 73Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 74Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 75Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 76Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 77Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew8Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 79Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 710Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 711Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 712Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 713Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 714Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 715Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 716Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 717Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 718Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 719Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 720Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 721Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 822Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAutumn Equinox23Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 824Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 825Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 826Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 827Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 828Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 829Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 87Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew8Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, September 28, 1949

Lunar 一九四九年 · 八月初七

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

A daily reflection is not a prediction. Use it as a prompt for attentive, self-directed choices.

24 Solar Terms

Follow the seasonal rhythm, from today into the next turn.

  1. Autumn Equinox

    Fri

    1949-09-23

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1949-09-28

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Sat

    1949-10-08

    In 10 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Mon

    1949-10-24

    In 26 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

秋分 → 寒露

Year cycle

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

癸酉

八月初七

Day cycle

辛酉

石榴木

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenTravelBathingTradeClean the homeTrain livestock

Avoid

Traditional cautions for the day; treat them as a pause for discernment.

Break groundBuild a stoveFuneral processionBurialTend a grave

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙卯)兔 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

Avoid

Almanac information and Daily Insight are offered for traditional-culture reference and personal reflection only. They are not professional, medical, legal, or financial advice.

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