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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 1971

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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 31, 1971

Lunar 一九七一年 · 七月十一

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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. End of Heat

    Tue

    1971-08-24

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1971-08-31

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. White Dew

    Wed

    1971-09-08

    In 8 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Fri

    1971-09-24

    In 24 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

处暑 → 白露

Year cycle

辛亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

丙申

七月十一

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersUniversal blessing riteConsecrateSet an altarMove the hearthRelocate

Avoid

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

Open for businessExecute an agreementReceive wealthBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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