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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 1949

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Lunar month 731Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 77Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn8Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 710Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 711Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 712Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 713Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 714Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 715Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 716Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 717Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 718Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 719Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 720Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 721Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 722Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat23Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 724Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 725Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 726Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 727Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 728Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 729Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 730Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 731Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 71Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 72Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 73Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 74Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 75Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 76Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 77Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew8Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 79Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 710Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, August 12, 1949

Lunar 一九四九年 · 七月十八

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. Start of Autumn

    Mon

    1949-08-08

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1949-08-12

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. End of Heat

    Tue

    1949-08-23

    In 11 days

  4. White Dew

    Thu

    1949-09-08

    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

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

壬申

七月十八

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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