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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 1973

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TODAY
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Lunar month 629Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 77Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn8Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 710Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 711Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 712Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 713Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 714Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 715Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 716Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 717Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 718Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 719Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 720Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 721Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 722Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat23Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 724Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 725Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 726Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 727Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 828Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 829Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 831Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 87Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew8Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, August 19, 1973

Lunar 一九七三年 · 七月廿一

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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

    Wed

    1973-08-08

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1973-08-19

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. End of Heat

    Thu

    1973-08-23

    In 4 days

  4. White Dew

    Sat

    1973-09-08

    In 20 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

癸丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

庚申

七月廿一

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TravelBathingMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsRaise pillarsRaise a roof beamRelocateReceive livestockAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

MarriageInstall doorsBreak groundBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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