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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 1966

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 728Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 77Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew8Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 710Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 711Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 712Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 713Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 714Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 815Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 816Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 817Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 818Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 819Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 820Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 821Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 822Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteAutumn Equinox23Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 824Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 825Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 826Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 827Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 828Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 829Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 87Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 88Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, September 8, 1966

Lunar 一九六六年 · 七月廿四

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Tue

    1966-08-23

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1966-09-08

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Fri

    1966-09-23

    In 15 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Sun

    1966-10-09

    In 31 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

丙午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

丁酉

七月廿四

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringCut garmentsComing-of-age riteMarriageWelcome a son-in-lawVisit friends and familyEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinCapture

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a homeBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲子)鼠 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

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

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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