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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

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
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

Monday, August 10, 1953

Lunar 一九五三年 · 七月初一

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Sat

    1953-08-08

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1953-08-10

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sun

    1953-08-23

    In 13 days

  4. White Dew

    Tue

    1953-09-08

    In 29 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

七月初一

Day cycle

癸巳

长流水

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Sculpture and paintingConsecrateLift misfortuneMake a pactFormal betrothalMarriageMove the hearthConstructionBreak groundRelocate

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁亥)猪 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

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

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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