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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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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

Thursday, August 4, 1938

Lunar 一九三八年 · 七月初九

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1938-08-04

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Mon

    1938-08-08

    In 4 days

  4. End of Heat

    Wed

    1938-08-24

    In 20 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

七月初九

Day cycle

戊辰

大林木

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBuild a stoveReceive wealthCapture

Avoid

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

Open for businessBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬戌)狗 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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