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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 1954

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Lunar month 71Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 77Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn8Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 712Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 713Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 714Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 715Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 716Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 717Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 718Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 719Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 720Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 721Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 722Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 723Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat24Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 725Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 726Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 727Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 828Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 829Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 831Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew8Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 89Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 810Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 811Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 19, 1954

Lunar 一九五四年 · 七月廿一

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Sun

    1954-08-08

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1954-08-19

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. End of Heat

    Tue

    1954-08-24

    In 5 days

  4. White Dew

    Wed

    1954-09-08

    In 20 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

甲午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

壬申

七月廿一

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenTravelMove the hearthDismantleConstructionRelocateBreak ground

Avoid

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

Build a houseConsecrateHaircutBuild a boatDig a wellBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 未不服药毒气入肠

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

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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