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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 1944

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Lunar month 630Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 631Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 67Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn8Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 69Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 610Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 611Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 612Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 613Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 614Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 615Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 616Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 617Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 618Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 719Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 720Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 721Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 722Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat23Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 724Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 725Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 726Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 727Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 77Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew8Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, August 9, 1944

Lunar 一九四四年 · 六月廿一

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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. Greater Heat

    Sun

    1944-07-23

    Passed 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1944-08-09

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. End of Heat

    Wed

    1944-08-23

    In 14 days

  4. White Dew

    Fri

    1944-09-08

    In 30 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

甲申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

壬申

六月廿一

Day cycle

乙巳

覆灯火

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersInstall machineryBuild a stoveReceive livestock

Avoid

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

Break groundBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己亥)猪 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

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

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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