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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 1968

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Leap lunar month 71Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 72Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 73Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 74Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 75Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 76Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew7Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 78Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 79Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 710Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 711Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 712Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 713Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 714Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 715Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 716Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 717Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 718Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 719Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 720Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 721Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 822Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseAutumn Equinox23Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 824Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 825Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 826Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 827Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 828Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 89Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 811Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 812Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, September 13, 1968

Lunar 一九六八年 · 闰七月廿一

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for deep study and thoughtful travel. 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

    Sat

    1968-09-07

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1968-09-13

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Mon

    1968-09-23

    In 10 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Tue

    1968-10-08

    In 25 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

戊申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

辛酉

闰七月廿一

Day cycle

丙戌

屋上土

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneHaircutGroom nailsBreak groundSet a bed

Avoid

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

Timber workFuneral processionBuild a stoveBuild roof beamsBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚辰)龙 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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