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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 1820

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Lunar month 630Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 631Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 61Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 62Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 63Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 64Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 65Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 66Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 67Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn8Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 712Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 713Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 714Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 715Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 716Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 717Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 718Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 719Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 720Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 721Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 722Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingEnd of Heat23Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 724Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 725Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 726Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 727Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 728Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 729Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 730Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 731Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew8Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 89Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, August 7, 1820

Lunar 一八二〇年 · 六月廿九

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and giving thanks. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Sun

    1820-07-23

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1820-08-07

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Tue

    1820-08-08

    In 1 days

  4. End of Heat

    Wed

    1820-08-23

    In 16 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

庚辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

癸未

六月廿九

Day cycle

癸丑

桑柘木

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Seek medical careTreat illnessDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageTravel

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁未)羊 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 丑不冠带主不还乡

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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