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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 1951

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 726Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 727Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew8Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 89Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 811Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 812Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 813Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 814Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 815Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 816Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 817Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 818Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 819Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 820Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 821Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 822Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 823Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteAutumn Equinox24Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 825Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 826Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 827Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 828Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 91Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, September 17, 1951

Lunar 一九五一年 · 八月十七

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for warm gatherings and deep study. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Sat

    1951-09-08

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1951-09-17

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Mon

    1951-09-24

    In 7 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Tue

    1951-10-09

    In 22 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

白露 → 秋分

Year cycle

辛卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

丁酉

八月十七

Day cycle

庚申

石榴木

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TravelLift misfortuneComing-of-age riteMarriageTimber workSet up a horse frameSet roof-post openingsConstructionBreak groundRelocate

Avoid

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

Make an offeringOffer prayersConsecrateOpen for businessSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲寅)虎 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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