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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 1958

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TODAY
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Lunar month 627Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 628Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 629Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 631Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 67Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn8Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 69Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 610Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 611Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 612Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 613Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 614Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 722Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseEnd of Heat23Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 724Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 725Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 726Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 727Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, August 12, 1958

Lunar 一九五八年 · 六月廿七

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. Start of Autumn

    Fri

    1958-08-08

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1958-08-12

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sat

    1958-08-23

    In 11 days

  4. White Dew

    Mon

    1958-09-08

    In 27 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

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

庚申

六月廿七

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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