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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 1964

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 626Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 627Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 628Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 629Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 631Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 66Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn7Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 78Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 712Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 713Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat23Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 724Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 6, 1964

Lunar 一九六四年 · 六月廿九

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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. Greater Heat

    Thu

    1964-07-23

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1964-08-06

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Fri

    1964-08-07

    In 1 days

  4. End of Heat

    Sun

    1964-08-23

    In 17 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

大暑 → 立秋

Year cycle

甲辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

辛未

六月廿九

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTimber workMove the hearthDismantleMove into a homeSet a bedConstruction

Avoid

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

MarriagePlantingFuneral processionHaircutTend a graveBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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