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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

Sunday, August 31, 1958

Lunar 一九五八年 · 七月十七

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Sat

    1958-08-23

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1958-08-31

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. White Dew

    Mon

    1958-09-08

    In 8 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    1958-09-23

    In 23 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

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

庚申

七月十七

Day cycle

庚辰

白蜡金

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteUniversal blessing riteRelocateMove into a homeBreak groundTreat illnessOpen for business

Avoid

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

Formal betrothalMake a pactMeridian therapyFuneral processionBurialVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲戌)狗 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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