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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 1946

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Lunar month 728Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 77Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn8Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 712Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 713Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 714Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 715Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 716Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 717Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 718Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 719Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 720Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 721Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 722Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 723Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat24Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 725Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 726Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 827Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 828Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 829Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 831Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, August 19, 1946

Lunar 一九四六年 · 七月廿三

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for thoughtful travel and clear agreements. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Thu

    1946-08-08

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1946-08-19

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sat

    1946-08-24

    In 5 days

  4. White Dew

    Sun

    1946-09-08

    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

丙戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

丙申

七月廿三

Day cycle

乙丑

海中金

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Break ground for burialBurialMove a coffinFuneral preparationMake an offeringCaptureEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageMove into a homeOpen for businessTrade

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己未)羊 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 丑不冠带主不还乡

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

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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