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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 1943

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Lunar month 71Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 77Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn8Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 79Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 710Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 711Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 712Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 713Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 714Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 715Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 716Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 717Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 718Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 719Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 720Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 721Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 722Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 723Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseEnd of Heat24Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 725Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 726Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 727Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 831Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew8Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 89Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 811Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 19, 1943

Lunar 一九四三年 · 七月十九

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. 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

    Sun

    1943-08-08

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1943-08-19

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. End of Heat

    Tue

    1943-08-24

    In 5 days

  4. White Dew

    Wed

    1943-09-08

    In 20 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

癸未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

庚申

七月十九

Day cycle

己酉

大驿土

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneBathingHaircutGroom nailsFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialBurialClean the home

Avoid

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

MarriageVisit friends and familyWelcome a household memberTravelMove into a homeRelocateTake officeBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸卯)兔 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

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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