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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 1973

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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

Monday, August 20, 1973

Lunar 一九七三年 · 七月廿二

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. Start of Autumn

    Wed

    1973-08-08

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1973-08-20

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. End of Heat

    Thu

    1973-08-23

    In 3 days

  4. White Dew

    Sat

    1973-09-08

    In 19 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

七月廿二

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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