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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 1951

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Lunar month 629Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 631Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 77Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn8Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 79Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 710Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 711Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 712Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 713Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 714Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 715Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 716Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 717Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 718Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 719Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 720Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 721Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 722Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 723Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseEnd of Heat24Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 725Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 726Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 727Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew8Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, August 7, 1951

Lunar 一九五一年 · 七月初五

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. 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

    Tue

    1951-07-24

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1951-08-07

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Wed

    1951-08-08

    In 1 days

  4. End of Heat

    Fri

    1951-08-24

    In 17 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

辛卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

乙未

七月初五

Day cycle

己卯

城头土

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageConsecrateTravelOffer prayersPray for childrenLift misfortuneDismantleBreak groundConstructionWelcome a household member

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸酉)鸡 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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