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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

Thursday, August 9, 1956

Lunar 一九五六年 · 七月初四

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for warm gatherings and thoughtful travel. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Tue

    1956-08-07

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1956-08-09

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. End of Heat

    Thu

    1956-08-23

    In 14 days

  4. White Dew

    Sat

    1956-09-08

    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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

丙申

七月初四

Day cycle

戊申

大驿土

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneRaise a roof beamBuild a houseRelocateInstall doors

Avoid

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

Break ground for burialAcquire propertyDig a wellBreak groundSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬寅)虎 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

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

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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