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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 1979

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Leap lunar month 629Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 630Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 631Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 61Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 62Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 63Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 64Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 65Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 66Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 67Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn8Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 69Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 610Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 611Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 612Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 613Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 614Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 615Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 616Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 617Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 618Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 619Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 620Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 621Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 622Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 723Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingEnd of Heat24Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 77Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew8Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, August 15, 1979

Lunar 一九七九年 · 闰六月廿三

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    1979-08-08

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1979-08-15

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. End of Heat

    Fri

    1979-08-24

    In 9 days

  4. White Dew

    Sat

    1979-09-08

    In 24 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

己未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

壬申

闰六月廿三

Day cycle

甲寅

大溪水

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Demolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊申)猴 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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