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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 1958

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 731Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 77Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew8Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 710Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 711Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 712Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 813Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 814Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 815Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 816Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 817Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 818Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 819Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 820Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 821Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 822Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteAutumn Equinox23Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 824Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 825Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 826Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 827Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 828Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 829Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 87Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 88Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew9Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 811Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, September 19, 1958

Lunar 一九五八年 · 八月初七

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

    Mon

    1958-09-08

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1958-09-19

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    1958-09-23

    In 4 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Thu

    1958-10-09

    In 20 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

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

辛酉

八月初七

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementHang a signboardReceive wealthPlantingWelcome a household memberMove into a home

Avoid

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

Purification riteMarriageFuneral processionBreak groundBuild a stoveBurialBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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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