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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 1954

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 829Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 831Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew8Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 89Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 810Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 811Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 812Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 813Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 814Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 815Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 816Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 817Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 818Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 819Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 820Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 821Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 822Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAutumn Equinox23Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 824Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 825Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 826Day 30NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 927Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 91Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 93Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 94Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 95Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 96Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 97Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 98Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationCold Dew9Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, September 10, 1954

Lunar 一九五四年 · 八月十四

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Wed

    1954-09-08

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1954-09-10

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Thu

    1954-09-23

    In 13 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Sat

    1954-10-09

    In 29 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

甲午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

癸酉

八月十四

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringVisit friends and familyWelcome a household memberBreak groundRaise a roof beamConsecrateSculpture and paintingComing-of-age riteDismantleLay foundations

Avoid

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

Lay foundation stonesBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

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

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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