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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.

August 1929

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Lunar month 628Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 629Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 630Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 77Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn8Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 79Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 710Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 711Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 712Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 713Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 714Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 715Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 716Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 717Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 718Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 719Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 720Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 721Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 722Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat23Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 724Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 725Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 726Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 1, 1929

Lunar 一九二九年 · 六月廿六

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for warm gatherings and thoughtful travel. 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. Greater Heat

    Tue

    1929-07-23

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1929-08-01

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Thu

    1929-08-08

    In 7 days

  4. End of Heat

    Fri

    1929-08-23

    In 22 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

大暑 → 立秋

Year cycle

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

辛未

六月廿六

Day cycle

戊寅

城头土

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageConsecrateTravelHaircutBuild roof beamsMove the hearthDismantleConstructionOpen for businessTrade

Avoid

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

Timber workMake an offeringReceive livestock

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬申)猴 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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