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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 1956

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Lunar month 726Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew8Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 89Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 810Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 811Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 812Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 813Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 814Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 815Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 816Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 817Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 818Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 819Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 820Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 821Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 822Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAutumn Equinox23Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 824Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 825Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 826Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 827Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 828Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 829Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, September 2, 1956

Lunar 一九五六年 · 七月廿八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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

    Thu

    1956-08-23

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1956-09-02

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. White Dew

    Sat

    1956-09-08

    In 6 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Sun

    1956-09-23

    In 21 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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

丙申

七月廿八

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenTravelLift misfortuneRaise pillarsMove into a home

Avoid

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

PlantingDig a wellBreak groundSet a bedBreak ground for burialAcquire property

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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