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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 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

Wednesday, August 28, 1946

Lunar 一九四六年 · 八月初二

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Sat

    1946-08-24

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1946-08-28

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. White Dew

    Sun

    1946-09-08

    In 11 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Mon

    1946-09-23

    In 26 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

丙戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

丙申

八月初二

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingHaircutVisit friends and familySculpture and paintingConsecratePlantingAnimal husbandryMarriageMeridian therapyMend walls

Avoid

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

Open for businessMove into a homeBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialBuild a stoveRaise a roof beamSet a bedOpen a storehouseOffer prayers

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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