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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 1948

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TODAY
Sun
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 61Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn7Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 78Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 712Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 713Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat23Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 724Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew8Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 89Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 810Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 811Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 12, 1948

Lunar 一九四八年 · 七月初八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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

    Sat

    1948-08-07

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1948-08-12

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. End of Heat

    Mon

    1948-08-23

    In 11 days

  4. White Dew

    Wed

    1948-09-08

    In 27 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

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

庚申

七月初八

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenCut garmentsComing-of-age riteMeridian therapyConstructionWelcome a household memberSet a bed

Avoid

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

Funeral processionBurialTravelBuild roof beamsReceive livestockTimber workBuild a bridge

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

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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