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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 1938

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TODAY
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Lunar month 731Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 77Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn8Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 712Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 713Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 714Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 715Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 716Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 717Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 718Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 719Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 720Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 721Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 722Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 723Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat24Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 725Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 726Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 727Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 728Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 729Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 730Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 731Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 71Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 72Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 73Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 74Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 75Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 76Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 77Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew8Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 79Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 710Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, August 3, 1938

Lunar 一九三八年 · 七月初八

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. Greater Heat

    Sat

    1938-07-23

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1938-08-03

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Mon

    1938-08-08

    In 5 days

  4. End of Heat

    Wed

    1938-08-24

    In 21 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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

己未

七月初八

Day cycle

丁卯

炉中火

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalOpen for businessTravelBreak groundRaise a roof beamRelocateMove into a homeBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

Take office

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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