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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 1937

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Lunar month 61Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 77Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn8Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 79Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 710Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 711Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 712Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 713Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 714Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 715Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 716Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 717Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 718Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 719Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 720Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 721Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 722Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat23Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 724Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 725Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 726Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew8Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 89Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 810Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 811Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, August 31, 1937

Lunar 一九三七年 · 七月廿六

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for warm gatherings and deep study. 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. End of Heat

    Mon

    1937-08-23

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1937-08-31

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. White Dew

    Wed

    1937-09-08

    In 8 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Thu

    1937-09-23

    In 23 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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

戊申

七月廿六

Day cycle

庚寅

松柏木

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Demolish a houseDemolish wallsTreat illnessAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Funeral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲申)猴 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

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

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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