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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 1952

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Lunar month 627Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 628Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 629Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 631Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn7Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 68Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 69Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 610Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 611Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 612Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 613Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 614Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 615Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 616Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 617Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 618Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 619Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 720Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 721Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 722Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat23Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 724Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 725Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 726Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 727Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, August 30, 1952

Lunar 一九五二年 · 七月十一

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for warm gatherings and thoughtful travel. 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. End of Heat

    Sat

    1952-08-23

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1952-08-30

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. White Dew

    Mon

    1952-09-08

    In 9 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    1952-09-23

    In 24 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

处暑 → 白露

Year cycle

壬辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

戊申

七月十一

Day cycle

戊申

大驿土

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneRaise a roof beamBuild a houseRelocateInstall doors

Avoid

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

Break ground for burialAcquire propertyDig a wellBreak groundSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬寅)虎 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

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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