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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 1945

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Lunar month 629Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 630Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 67Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn8Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 79Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 710Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 711Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 712Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 713Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 714Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 715Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 716Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 717Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 718Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 719Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 720Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 721Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 722Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat23Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 724Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 725Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 726Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew8Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, August 10, 1945

Lunar 一九四五年 · 七月初三

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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. Start of Autumn

    Wed

    1945-08-08

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1945-08-10

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. End of Heat

    Thu

    1945-08-23

    In 13 days

  4. White Dew

    Sat

    1945-09-08

    In 29 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

乙酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

甲申

七月初三

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Build a stoveBathingRepair wallsLevel roadsAvoid 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

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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