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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

September 1959

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TODAY
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Lunar month 730Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 30Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew8Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 89Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 811Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 812Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 813Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 814Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 815Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 816Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 817Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 818Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 819Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 820Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 821Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 822Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 823Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteAutumn Equinox24Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 825Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 826Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 827Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 828Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 97Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 98Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew9Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 910Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, September 11, 1959

Lunar 一九五九年 · 八月初九

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. 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. White Dew

    Tue

    1959-09-08

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1959-09-11

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Thu

    1959-09-24

    In 13 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Fri

    1959-10-09

    In 28 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

己亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

癸酉

八月初九

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageComing-of-age riteInstall machineryLift misfortuneReceive livestockAnimal husbandryBathingTimber workSet up a horse frameBuild roof beams

Avoid

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

Offer prayersConsecrateOpen for businessMove into a homeBreak ground

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚寅)虎 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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