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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 1947

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Lunar month 627Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 628Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 629Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 631Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 66Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 67Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn8Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 69Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 610Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 611Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 612Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 613Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 614Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 615Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 723Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingEnd of Heat24Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, August 17, 1947

Lunar 一九四七年 · 七月初二

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. 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. Start of Autumn

    Fri

    1947-08-08

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1947-08-17

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sun

    1947-08-24

    In 7 days

  4. White Dew

    Mon

    1947-09-08

    In 22 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

丁亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

戊申

七月初二

Day cycle

戊辰

大林木

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Install machineryFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateUniversal blessing riteTravelMove the hearth

Avoid

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

Move into a homeMarriageDig a wellAnimal husbandry

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬戌)狗 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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