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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

September 1974

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Lunar month 71Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 77Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew8Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 710Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 711Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 712Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 713Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 714Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 715Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 816Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 817Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 818Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 819Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 820Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 821Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 822Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteAutumn Equinox23Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 824Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 825Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 826Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 827Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 828Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 829Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 87Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 88Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsCold Dew9Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 811Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 812Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, September 28, 1974

Lunar 一九七四年 · 八月十三

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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

    Mon

    1974-09-23

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1974-09-28

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Wed

    1974-10-09

    In 11 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Thu

    1974-10-24

    In 26 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

甲寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

癸酉

八月十三

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringCut garmentsComing-of-age riteMarriageInstall machineryDismantleBreak groundLay foundationsRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

Set a bedConsecrateOpen for businessTrade

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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