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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 1933

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Lunar month 630Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 631Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 61Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 64Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 65Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 66Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 67Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn8Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 69Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 610Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 611Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 612Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 613Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 614Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 615Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 616Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 617Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 618Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 619Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 620Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 721Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 722Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat23Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 724Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 725Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 726Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 727Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 728Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 729Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 77Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew8Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, August 29, 1933

Lunar 一九三三年 · 七月初九

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Wed

    1933-08-23

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1933-08-29

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. White Dew

    Fri

    1933-09-08

    In 10 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Sat

    1933-09-23

    In 25 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

癸酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

庚申

七月初九

Day cycle

丁卯

炉中火

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageConsecrateMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenSet an altarMove the hearthLift misfortuneTimber workMove into a home

Avoid

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

Dig a wellHaircutBuild a stoveBreak groundBreak ground for burialDig a pond

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛酉)鸡 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

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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