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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 1942

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Lunar month 626Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 627Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 628Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 629Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 631Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 67Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn8Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 69Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 610Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 611Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 722Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 723Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat24Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 725Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 726Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 727Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, August 29, 1942

Lunar 一九四二年 · 七月十八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. 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. End of Heat

    Mon

    1942-08-24

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1942-08-29

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. White Dew

    Tue

    1942-09-08

    In 10 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Thu

    1942-09-24

    In 26 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

壬午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

戊申

七月十八

Day cycle

甲寅

大溪水

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Demolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊申)猴 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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