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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 1955

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Lunar month 631Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 66Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 67Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn8Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 69Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 610Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 611Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 612Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 613Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 614Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 615Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 616Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 617Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 723Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingEnd of Heat24Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 77Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew8Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, August 28, 1955

Lunar 一九五五年 · 七月十一

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. 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. End of Heat

    Wed

    1955-08-24

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1955-08-28

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. White Dew

    Thu

    1955-09-08

    In 11 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Sat

    1955-09-24

    In 27 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

乙未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

甲申

七月十一

Day cycle

辛酉

石榴木

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneDismantleConstructionBreak groundLay foundationsRaise a roof beamSet a bedInstall doorsDig a channel

Avoid

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

MarriageTravelWelcome a household memberBuild a stoveMove into a homeRelocatePlantingTake office

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙卯)兔 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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