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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 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

Saturday, September 30, 1961

Lunar 一九六一年 · 八月廿一

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. Autumn Equinox

    Sat

    1961-09-23

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1961-09-30

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Sun

    1961-10-08

    In 8 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Mon

    1961-10-23

    In 23 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

秋分 → 寒露

Year cycle

辛丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

丁酉

八月廿一

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringComing-of-age riteVisit friends and familyDismantleLay foundationsEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

Build a stoveMove into a homeMarriage

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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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