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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 1959

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Lunar month 626Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 627Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 628Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 629Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 631Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 77Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn8Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 79Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 710Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 711Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 712Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 713Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 714Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 715Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 716Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 717Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 718Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 719Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 720Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 721Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 722Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 723Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseEnd of Heat24Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 725Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 726Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 727Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 30Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 20, 1959

Lunar 一九五九年 · 七月十七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. 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. Start of Autumn

    Sat

    1959-08-08

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1959-08-20

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. End of Heat

    Mon

    1959-08-24

    In 4 days

  4. White Dew

    Tue

    1959-09-08

    In 19 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

己亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

壬申

七月十七

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingHaircutVisit friends and familySculpture and paintingConsecratePlantingAnimal husbandryMarriageMeridian therapyMend walls

Avoid

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

Open for businessMove into a homeBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialBuild a stoveRaise a roof beamSet a bedOpen a storehouseOffer prayers

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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