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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 1976

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 829Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 831Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew7Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 88Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 89Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 811Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 812Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 813Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 814Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 815Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 816Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 817Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 818Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 819Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 820Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 821Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 822Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseAutumn Equinox23Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 824Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 825Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 826Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 827Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 828Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 829Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 830Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 81Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 82Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 83Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 84Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 85Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 86Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 87Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingCold Dew8Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 89Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, September 2, 1976

Lunar 一九七六年 · 八月初九

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Mon

    1976-08-23

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1976-09-02

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. White Dew

    Tue

    1976-09-07

    In 5 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Thu

    1976-09-23

    In 21 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

处暑 → 白露

Year cycle

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

丙申

八月初九

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateLift misfortuneWelcome a household memberTradeExecute an agreementReceive wealthReceive livestock

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialMarriageHaircutTravelMove into a homeRelocateSeparate householdsSet an altarMove the hearth

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

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

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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