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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

Sunday, August 24, 1941

Lunar 一九四一年 · 七月初二

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. 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

    Fri

    1941-08-08

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1941-08-24

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. White Dew

    Mon

    1941-09-08

    In 15 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    1941-09-23

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

处暑 → 白露

Year cycle

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丙申

七月初二

Day cycle

甲辰

覆灯火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersSeek medical careTreat illnessBreak groundRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

ConsecrateAcupuncture

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊戌)狗 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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