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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 1939

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Lunar month 630Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 631Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 66Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 67Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn8Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 69Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 610Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 611Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 612Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 613Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 614Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 723Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingEnd of Heat24Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 77Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew8Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, August 13, 1939

Lunar 一九三九年 · 六月廿八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Tue

    1939-08-08

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1939-08-13

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. End of Heat

    Thu

    1939-08-24

    In 11 days

  4. White Dew

    Fri

    1939-09-08

    In 26 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

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

壬申

六月廿八

Day cycle

壬午

杨柳木

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringPurification riteUniversal blessing riteLift misfortuneTravelVisit friends and familyOpen for business

Avoid

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

Move the hearthMove into a homeBuild a houseInstall doorsBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙子)鼠 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

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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