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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

Thursday, August 21, 1947

Lunar 一九四七年 · 七月初六

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1947-08-21

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sun

    1947-08-24

    In 3 days

  4. White Dew

    Mon

    1947-09-08

    In 18 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

七月初六

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenTravelLift misfortuneRaise pillarsMove into a home

Avoid

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

PlantingDig a wellBreak groundSet a bedBreak ground for burialAcquire property

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

Avoid

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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