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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 1936

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Lunar month 626Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 627Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 628Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 629Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 631Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 67Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn8Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 69Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 610Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 611Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 612Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 613Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 614Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 615Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 616Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 717Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 718Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 719Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 720Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 721Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 722Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat23Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 724Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 725Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 726Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 727Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, August 21, 1936

Lunar 一九三六年 · 七月初五

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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. Start of Autumn

    Sat

    1936-08-08

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1936-08-21

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sun

    1936-08-23

    In 2 days

  4. White Dew

    Tue

    1936-09-08

    In 18 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

立秋 → 处暑

Year cycle

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

丙申

七月初五

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringHaircutBuild a stoveBathingRepair wallsLevel roads

Avoid

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

MarriagePlantingOffer prayersBuild a bridgeBurialInstall doorsTimber workBuild roof beams

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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