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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 1953

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Lunar month 626Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 627Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 628Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 629Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 630Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 67Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn8Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 69Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 710Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 711Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 712Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 713Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 714Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 715Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 716Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 717Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 718Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 719Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 720Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 721Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 722Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat23Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 724Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 725Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 726Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, August 9, 1953

Lunar 一九五三年 · 六月三十

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. 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. Greater Heat

    Thu

    1953-07-23

    Passed 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1953-08-09

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sun

    1953-08-23

    In 14 days

  4. White Dew

    Tue

    1953-09-08

    In 30 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

癸巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

庚申

六月三十

Day cycle

壬辰

长流水

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Offer prayersPray for childrenLift misfortuneMake a pactFormal betrothalBreak groundLay foundationsRelease waterBuild a storehouseOpen for business

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙戌)狗 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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