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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.

August 1934

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Lunar month 629Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 631Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 67Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn8Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 69Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 722Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 723Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat24Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 725Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 726Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 727Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 77Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew8Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, August 24, 1934

Lunar 一九三四年 · 七月十五

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. Start of Autumn

    Wed

    1934-08-08

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1934-08-24

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. White Dew

    Sat

    1934-09-08

    In 15 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Mon

    1934-09-24

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 处暑

Year cycle

甲戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

壬申

七月十五

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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