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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 1963

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TODAY
Sun
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Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 71Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 77Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew8Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 712Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 713Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 714Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 715Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 716Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 717Day 30SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 818Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 819Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 820Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 821Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 822Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 823Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAutumn Equinox24Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 825Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 826Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 827Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 828Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 829Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 88Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew9Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 810Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 811Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 812Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, September 20, 1963

Lunar 一九六三年 · 八月初三

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

    Sun

    1963-09-08

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1963-09-20

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    1963-09-24

    In 4 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Wed

    1963-10-09

    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

癸卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

辛酉

八月初三

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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