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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 1878

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Lunar month 628Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 629Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 77Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn8Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 710Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 711Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 712Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 713Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 714Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 715Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 716Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 717Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 718Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 719Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 720Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 721Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 722Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat23Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 724Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 725Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 726Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 727Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 828Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 829Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 831Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 87Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, August 12, 1878

Lunar 一八七八年 · 七月十四

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. 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. Start of Autumn

    Thu

    1878-08-08

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1878-08-12

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. End of Heat

    Fri

    1878-08-23

    In 11 days

  4. White Dew

    Sun

    1878-09-08

    In 27 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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

庚申

七月十四

Day cycle

壬戌

大海水

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneSet an altarMove the hearthDismantleMove into a homeRelocate

Avoid

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

Timber workThanksgiving riteFuneral processionMake an offeringBuild a stoveBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialOffer prayers

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙辰)龙 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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