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Daily Insight

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

September 1950

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 727Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 77Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew8Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 710Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 711Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 812Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 813Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 814Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 815Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 816Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 817Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 818Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 819Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 820Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 821Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 822Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteAutumn Equinox23Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 824Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 825Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 826Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 827Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 828Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 829Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 87Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, September 23, 1950

Lunar 一九五〇年 · 八月十二

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. White Dew

    Fri

    1950-09-08

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1950-09-23

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Mon

    1950-10-09

    In 16 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Tue

    1950-10-24

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 秋分

Year cycle

庚寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

乙酉

八月十二

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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