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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 1978

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 727Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 728Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 729Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 730Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 731Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew8Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 89Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 810Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 811Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 812Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 813Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 814Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 815Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 816Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 817Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 818Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 819Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 820Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 821Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 822Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAutumn Equinox23Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 824Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 825Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 826Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 827Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 828Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 829Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 93Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 94Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 95Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 96Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 97Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, September 27, 1978

Lunar 一九七八年 · 八月廿五

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. 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. Autumn Equinox

    Sat

    1978-09-23

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1978-09-27

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Cold Dew

    Sun

    1978-10-08

    In 11 days

  4. Frost Descent

    Tue

    1978-10-24

    In 27 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

戊午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

辛酉

八月廿五

Day cycle

壬辰

长流水

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringConsecrateTravelHaircutBuild roof beamsMove the hearthDismantle

Avoid

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

Open for businessDig a wellDig a channelBuild a bridgeBuild a boat

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙戌)狗 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

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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