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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 1966

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Lunar month 631Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 67Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn8Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 69Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 610Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 611Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 612Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 613Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 614Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 615Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 722Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseEnd of Heat23Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 724Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 725Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 726Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 727Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 77Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew8Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 710Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 11, 1966

Lunar 一九六六年 · 六月廿五

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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

    Mon

    1966-08-08

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1966-08-11

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. End of Heat

    Tue

    1966-08-23

    In 12 days

  4. White Dew

    Thu

    1966-09-08

    In 28 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

丙午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

丙申

六月廿五

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingTreat illnessDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

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

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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