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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 1979

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 726Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 77Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew8Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 712Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 713Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 714Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 715Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 716Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 717Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 718Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 719Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 720Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 821Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 822Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAutumn Equinox23Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 824Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 825Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 826Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 827Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 828Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 829Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, September 17, 1979

Lunar 一九七九年 · 七月廿六

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. White Dew

    Sat

    1979-09-08

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1979-09-17

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Sun

    1979-09-23

    In 6 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Tue

    1979-10-09

    In 22 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

己未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

癸酉

七月廿六

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessTradeExecute an agreementHang a signboardConsecrateTravelMove into a homeRelocateSet a bedMove the hearth

Avoid

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

Build a stoveFuneral processionHaircutBoat travelMarriageBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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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