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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

August 1950

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Lunar month 630Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 631Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 67Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn8Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 69Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 610Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 611Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 612Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 613Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 722Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 723Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat24Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 725Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 726Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 727Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 77Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew8Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, August 6, 1950

Lunar 一九五〇年 · 六月廿三

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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. Greater Heat

    Sun

    1950-07-23

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1950-08-06

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Tue

    1950-08-08

    In 2 days

  4. End of Heat

    Thu

    1950-08-24

    In 18 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

大暑 → 立秋

Year cycle

庚寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

癸未

六月廿三

Day cycle

癸酉

剑锋金

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageTravelOpen for businessSet a bedFuneral preparationTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

Offer prayersBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁卯)兔 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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