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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 1972

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Lunar month 630Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 631Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 66Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn7Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 68Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 712Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 713Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat23Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 724Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew7Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 88Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 89Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, August 11, 1972

Lunar 一九七二年 · 七月初三

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. 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. Start of Autumn

    Mon

    1972-08-07

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1972-08-11

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. End of Heat

    Wed

    1972-08-23

    In 12 days

  4. White Dew

    Thu

    1972-09-07

    In 27 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

壬子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

戊申

七月初三

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingHaircutVisit friends and familySculpture and paintingConsecratePlantingAnimal husbandryMarriageMeridian therapyMend walls

Avoid

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

Open for businessMove into a homeBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialBuild a stoveRaise a roof beamSet a bedOpen a storehouseOffer prayers

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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