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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 1940

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Lunar month 628Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 629Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 631Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 77Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn8Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 712Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 713Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat23Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 724Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, August 11, 1940

Lunar 一九四〇年 · 七月初八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for deep study and thoughtful travel. 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. Start of Autumn

    Thu

    1940-08-08

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1940-08-11

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. End of Heat

    Fri

    1940-08-23

    In 12 days

  4. White Dew

    Sun

    1940-09-08

    In 28 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

庚辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

甲申

七月初八

Day cycle

丙戌

屋上土

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Sculpture and paintingComing-of-age riteMarriageVisit friends and familyWelcome a household memberMeridian therapyCut garmentsPlantingReceive livestockAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Offer prayersOpen for businessBreak groundFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚辰)龙 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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