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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 1974

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Lunar month 628Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 629Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 631Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 67Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn8Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 69Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 610Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 611Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 612Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 613Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 614Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 615Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 616Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 617Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 722Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseEnd of Heat23Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 724Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 725Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 726Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 727Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 77Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 1, 1974

Lunar 一九七四年 · 六月十四

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. Greater Heat

    Tue

    1974-07-23

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1974-08-01

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Thu

    1974-08-08

    In 7 days

  4. End of Heat

    Fri

    1974-08-23

    In 22 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

大暑 → 立秋

Year cycle

甲寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

辛未

六月十四

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringCut garmentsMake netsComing-of-age riteBathing

Avoid

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

Open a storehouseDispatch goodsAcquire propertyBurialBreak groundBreak ground for burialDig a wellPlanting

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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