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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

Monday, August 29, 1960

Lunar 一九六〇年 · 七月初八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and warm gatherings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Tue

    1960-08-23

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1960-08-29

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. White Dew

    Wed

    1960-09-07

    In 9 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Fri

    1960-09-23

    In 25 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

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

甲申

七月初八

Day cycle

己丑

霹雳火

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringCaptureHuntingReceive livestockAnimal husbandryFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactOpen for businessMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸未)羊 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 丑不冠带主不还乡

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

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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