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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 1969

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Lunar month 627Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 628Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 629Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 630Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 67Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn8Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 69Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 610Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 611Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 612Day 30NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 713Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 714Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 715Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 716Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 717Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 718Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 719Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 720Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 721Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 722Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat23Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 724Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 725Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 726Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, August 3, 1969

Lunar 一九六九年 · 六月廿一

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. 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

    Wed

    1969-07-23

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1969-08-03

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Fri

    1969-08-08

    In 5 days

  4. End of Heat

    Sat

    1969-08-23

    In 20 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

己酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

辛未

六月廿一

Day cycle

庚戌

钗钏金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringRepair wallsLevel roads

Avoid

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

Open for businessBreak groundBreak ground for burialMarriageConstructionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲辰)龙 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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