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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 1953

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 730Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 77Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew8Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 89Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 810Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 811Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 812Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 813Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 814Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 815Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 816Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 817Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 818Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 819Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 820Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 821Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 822Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAutumn Equinox23Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 824Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 825Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 826Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 827Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 828Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew8Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 99Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 910Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, September 4, 1953

Lunar 一九五三年 · 七月廿六

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Sun

    1953-08-23

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1953-09-04

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. White Dew

    Tue

    1953-09-08

    In 4 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Wed

    1953-09-23

    In 19 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

癸巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

庚申

七月廿六

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneSet a bedPlantingMove a coffin

Avoid

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

Build a houseFuneral preparationBurialTimber workMove into a homeRelocateAcquire propertyReceive livestock

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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