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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 1961

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Lunar month 630Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 67Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn8Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 69Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 610Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 711Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 712Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 713Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 714Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 715Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 716Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 717Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 718Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 719Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 720Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 721Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 722Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat23Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 724Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 725Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 726Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 77Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew8Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 79Day 30NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, August 28, 1961

Lunar 一九六一年 · 七月十八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Wed

    1961-08-23

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1961-08-28

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. White Dew

    Fri

    1961-09-08

    In 11 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Sat

    1961-09-23

    In 26 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

辛丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

丙申

七月十八

Day cycle

癸巳

长流水

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Sculpture and paintingConsecrateLift misfortuneMake a pactFormal betrothalMarriageMove the hearthConstructionBreak groundRelocate

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁亥)猪 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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