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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 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 25, 1966

Lunar 一九六六年 · 七月初十

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for deep study and thoughtful travel. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Tue

    1966-08-23

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1966-08-25

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. White Dew

    Thu

    1966-09-08

    In 14 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Fri

    1966-09-23

    In 29 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

丙午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

丙申

七月初十

Day cycle

丙辰

沙中土

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMove the hearthDismantleMake an offeringOffer prayersConsecrateTimber workBreak groundOpen for businessTrade

Avoid

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

PlantingBuild a stoveAcupunctureTravel

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚戌)狗 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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