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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 1961

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TODAY
Sun
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 727Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 77Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew8Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 79Day 30NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 810Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 811Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 812Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 813Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 814Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 815Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 816Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 817Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 818Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 819Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 820Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 821Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 822Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAutumn Equinox23Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 824Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 825Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 826Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 827Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 828Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, September 8, 1961

Lunar 一九六一年 · 七月廿九

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. 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. End of Heat

    Wed

    1961-08-23

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1961-09-08

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Sat

    1961-09-23

    In 15 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Sun

    1961-10-08

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 白露

Year cycle

辛丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

丁酉

七月廿九

Day cycle

甲辰

覆灯火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelMove the hearthDismantle

Avoid

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

Open for businessOpen a storehouseInstall doorsBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊戌)狗 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

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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