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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

Monday, August 30, 1943

Lunar 一九四三年 · 七月三十

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for warm gatherings and deep study. 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

    Tue

    1943-08-24

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1943-08-30

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. White Dew

    Wed

    1943-09-08

    In 9 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Fri

    1943-09-24

    In 25 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

癸未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

庚申

七月三十

Day cycle

庚申

石榴木

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringCut garmentsInstall doorsReceive wealthClean the homeTravelWelcome a household memberBuild a stoveReceive livestockBuild animal shelters

Avoid

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

Set a bedBreak groundBurialPrepare a burial plotPrepare a coffin

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲寅)虎 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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