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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 1956

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Lunar month 629Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 631Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn7Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 78Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 712Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 713Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat23Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 724Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew8Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, August 8, 1956

Lunar 一九五六年 · 七月初三

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. Greater Heat

    Mon

    1956-07-23

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1956-08-08

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. End of Heat

    Thu

    1956-08-23

    In 15 days

  4. White Dew

    Sat

    1956-09-08

    In 31 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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

丙申

七月初三

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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