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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 1962

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Lunar month 629Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 630Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 77Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn8Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 712Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 713Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 714Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 715Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 716Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 717Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 718Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 719Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 720Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 721Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 722Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingEnd of Heat23Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 724Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 725Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 726Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 727Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 728Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 729Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 831Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew8Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, August 24, 1962

Lunar 一九六二年 · 七月廿五

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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

    Wed

    1962-08-08

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1962-08-24

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. White Dew

    Sat

    1962-09-08

    In 15 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Sun

    1962-09-23

    In 30 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

壬寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

戊申

七月廿五

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Offer prayersTravelMake a pactFormal betrothalMarriageCut garmentsBreak groundSet a bedRelease waterOpen for business

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊子)鼠 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

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

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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