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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 1971

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 61Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 66Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 67Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn8Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 69Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 610Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 611Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 612Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 613Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 614Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 615Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 616Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 617Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 618Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 619Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 620Day 30Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 723Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingEnd of Heat24Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 77Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew8Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, August 24, 1971

Lunar 一九七一年 · 七月初四

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Sun

    1971-08-08

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1971-08-24

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. White Dew

    Wed

    1971-09-08

    In 15 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Fri

    1971-09-24

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

Solar term · 处暑

Year cycle

辛亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

丙申

七月初四

Day cycle

辛巳

白蜡金

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalBuild a stoveComing-of-age riteCut garmentsVisit friends and familyReceive livestockAnimal husbandryInstall machinery

Avoid

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

Dig a wellTravelBreak ground for burialFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙亥)猪 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

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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