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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 1960

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Leap lunar month 631Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 61Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 62Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 63Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 64Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 65Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 66Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn7Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 68Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 69Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 610Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 611Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 612Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 613Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 614Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 615Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 616Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 617Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 618Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 619Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 620Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 621Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 722Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat23Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 724Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 725Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 726Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 727Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew7Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 78Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, August 10, 1960

Lunar 一九六〇年 · 闰六月十八

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Sun

    1960-08-07

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1960-08-10

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. End of Heat

    Tue

    1960-08-23

    In 13 days

  4. White Dew

    Wed

    1960-09-07

    In 28 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

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

甲申

闰六月十八

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactConsecrateMake an offeringTravelHaircutBreak groundSet a bedRelease water

Avoid

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

Move into a homeRaise a roof beamFuneral preparationBuild a houseVisit the sickBuild a stoveInstall doorsBurialReceive livestockTimber work

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲子)鼠 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

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

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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