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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 1970

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Lunar month 626Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 627Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 628Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 629Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 630Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 631Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 61Day 30SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 77Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn8Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 712Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 713Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 714Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 715Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 716Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 717Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 718Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 719Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 720Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 721Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 722Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingEnd of Heat23Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 724Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 725Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 726Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 727Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 728Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 729Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 730Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 731Day 30SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, August 3, 1970

Lunar 一九七〇年 · 七月初二

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Thu

    1970-07-23

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1970-08-03

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Sat

    1970-08-08

    In 5 days

  4. End of Heat

    Sun

    1970-08-23

    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

庚戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

癸未

七月初二

Day cycle

乙卯

大溪水

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteTravelFormal betrothalMake a pactInstall machineryMove the hearthDismantleConstruction

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessPlantingPrepare a coffin

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己酉)鸡 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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