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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
Sun
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Tue
Wed
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 11, 1953

Lunar 一九五三年 · 八月初四

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for thoughtful travel and clear agreements. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Tue

    1953-09-08

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1953-09-11

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Wed

    1953-09-23

    In 12 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Thu

    1953-10-08

    In 27 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

癸巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

辛酉

八月初四

Day cycle

乙丑

海中金

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringVisit friends and familyFormal betrothalMarriageConsecrateSculpture and paintingPurification riteSet an altarOpen for businessExecute an agreement

Avoid

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

Move into a homeTimber work

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己未)羊 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 丑不冠带主不还乡

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

Favourable

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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