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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 1957

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 81Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 87Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew8Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 89Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 810Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 811Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 812Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 813Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 814Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 815Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 816Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 817Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 818Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 819Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 820Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 821Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 822Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAutumn Equinox23Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 824Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 825Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 826Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 827Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 828Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 829Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 830Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 81Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 82Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 83Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 84Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 85Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 86Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 87Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew8Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 89Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 810Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 811Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 812Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, September 23, 1957

Lunar 一九五七年 · 八月三十

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Sun

    1957-09-08

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1957-09-23

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Tue

    1957-10-08

    In 15 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Thu

    1957-10-24

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 秋分

Year cycle

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

己酉

八月三十

Day cycle

戊戌

平地木

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake an offeringLift misfortuneTravelConstructionBreak groundOpen for businessRaise a roof beamSet a bed

Avoid

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

Build a templeFuneral processionBurialTimber workBuild a stoveBuild a boat

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬辰)龙 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

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

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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