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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 1972

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 727Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew7Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 88Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 89Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 810Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 811Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 812Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 813Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 814Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 815Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 816Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 817Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 818Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 819Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 820Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 821Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 822Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAutumn Equinox23Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 824Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 825Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 826Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 827Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 828Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 829Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 97Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, September 20, 1972

Lunar 一九七二年 · 八月十三

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. White Dew

    Thu

    1972-09-07

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1972-09-20

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Sat

    1972-09-23

    In 3 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Sun

    1972-10-08

    In 18 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

壬子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

己酉

八月十三

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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