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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

Friday, August 30, 1974

Lunar 一九七四年 · 七月十三

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Fri

    1974-08-23

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1974-08-30

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. White Dew

    Sun

    1974-09-08

    In 9 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Mon

    1974-09-23

    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

甲寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

壬申

七月十三

Day cycle

癸卯

金箔金

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalTravelOpen for businessMake an offeringOffer prayersRelocateMove into a homeTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁酉)鸡 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

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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