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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 1941

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Leap lunar month 627Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 628Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 629Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 630Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 631Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 61Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 62Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 63Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 64Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 65Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 66Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 67Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn8Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 69Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 610Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 611Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 612Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 613Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 614Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 615Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 616Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 617Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 618Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 619Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 620Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 621Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 622Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat23Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 724Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 725Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 726Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 727Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 728Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 729Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, August 16, 1941

Lunar 一九四一年 · 闰六月廿四

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Fri

    1941-08-08

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1941-08-16

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sat

    1941-08-23

    In 7 days

  4. White Dew

    Mon

    1941-09-08

    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

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丙申

闰六月廿四

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageTravelReceive livestockMake an offeringFuneral preparationTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

Build a stoveBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚寅)虎 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

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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