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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

August 1963

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 628Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 629Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 631Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 66Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 67Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn8Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 69Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 610Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 611Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 612Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 613Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 614Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 615Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 616Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 617Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 618Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 723Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingEnd of Heat24Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 77Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 15, 1963

Lunar 一九六三年 · 六月廿六

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for warm gatherings and deep study. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Thu

    1963-08-08

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1963-08-15

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sat

    1963-08-24

    In 9 days

  4. White Dew

    Sun

    1963-09-08

    In 24 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

癸卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

庚申

六月廿六

Day cycle

庚寅

松柏木

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Demolish a houseDemolish wallsTreat illnessAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Funeral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲申)猴 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

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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