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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 23, 1941

Lunar 一九四一年 · 七月初一

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. 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

    Fri

    1941-08-08

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1941-08-23

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. White Dew

    Mon

    1941-09-08

    In 16 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    1941-09-23

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

Solar term · 处暑

Year cycle

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丙申

七月初一

Day cycle

癸卯

金箔金

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalTravelOpen for businessMake an offeringOffer prayersRelocateMove into a homeTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁酉)鸡 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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