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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 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

Friday, August 16, 1940

Lunar 一九四〇年 · 七月十三

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. 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. Start of Autumn

    Thu

    1940-08-08

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1940-08-16

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. End of Heat

    Fri

    1940-08-23

    In 7 days

  4. White Dew

    Sun

    1940-09-08

    In 23 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

七月十三

Day cycle

辛卯

松柏木

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Offer prayersPurification riteTravelComing-of-age riteMarriageCarvingSet roof-post openingsMove into a homeBuild a bridgeOpen for business

Avoid

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

Break groundMake a pactSet a bedDig a pond

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙酉)鸡 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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