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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 1968

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Lunar month 728Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn7Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 78Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 79Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 710Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 711Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 712Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 713Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 714Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 715Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 716Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 717Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 718Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 719Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 720Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 721Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 722Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat23Day 30NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 724Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 725Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 726Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 727Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 728Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 729Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 730Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 731Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 71Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 72Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 73Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 74Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 75Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 76Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew7Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, August 2, 1968

Lunar 一九六八年 · 七月初九

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. 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. Greater Heat

    Tue

    1968-07-23

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1968-08-02

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Wed

    1968-08-07

    In 5 days

  4. End of Heat

    Fri

    1968-08-23

    In 21 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

戊申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

己未

七月初九

Day cycle

甲辰

覆灯火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageRelocateMove into a homeTravelMake an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteSculpture and painting

Avoid

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

BurialBreak ground for burialOpen for businessOpen a storehouseDispatch goodsTomb-opening rite

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊戌)狗 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

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

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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