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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 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

Monday, August 18, 1969

Lunar 一九六九年 · 七月初六

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for thoughtful travel and clear agreements. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Fri

    1969-08-08

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1969-08-18

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sat

    1969-08-23

    In 5 days

  4. White Dew

    Mon

    1969-09-08

    In 21 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

己酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

壬申

七月初六

Day cycle

乙丑

海中金

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Break ground for burialBurialMove a coffinFuneral preparationMake an offeringCaptureEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageMove into a homeOpen for businessTrade

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己未)羊 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 丑不冠带主不还乡

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

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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