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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 1960

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 728Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew7Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 78Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 30SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 821Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 822Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseAutumn Equinox23Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 824Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 825Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 826Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 827Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 828Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, September 19, 1960

Lunar 一九六〇年 · 七月廿九

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. 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

    Wed

    1960-09-07

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1960-09-19

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Fri

    1960-09-23

    In 4 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Sat

    1960-10-08

    In 19 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

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

乙酉

七月廿九

Day cycle

庚戌

钗钏金

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersTravelConstructionBreak groundRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

AcupunctureTimber workBuild roof beamsBuild a templeFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲辰)龙 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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