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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 1952

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Lunar month 731Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 77Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew8Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 819Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 820Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 821Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 822Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseAutumn Equinox23Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 824Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 825Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 826Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 827Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 828Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 89Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 811Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, September 5, 1952

Lunar 一九五二年 · 七月十七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. 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. End of Heat

    Sat

    1952-08-23

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1952-09-05

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. White Dew

    Mon

    1952-09-08

    In 3 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    1952-09-23

    In 18 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

处暑 → 白露

Year cycle

壬辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

戊申

七月十七

Day cycle

甲寅

大溪水

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Demolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊申)猴 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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