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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 1971

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 729Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 77Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew8Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 712Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 713Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 714Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 715Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 716Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 717Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 718Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 819Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 820Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 821Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 822Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 823Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAutumn Equinox24Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 825Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 826Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 827Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 828Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 829Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 88Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteCold Dew9Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, September 26, 1971

Lunar 一九七一年 · 八月初八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. 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

    Fri

    1971-09-24

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1971-09-26

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Sat

    1971-10-09

    In 13 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Sun

    1971-10-24

    In 28 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

辛亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

丁酉

八月初八

Day cycle

甲寅

大溪水

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingCaptureFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

Make an offeringMarriageSet a bedOpen for businessMove into a homeVisit the sickRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊申)猴 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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