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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 1880

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Lunar month 61Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn7Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 78Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 722Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseEnd of Heat23Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 724Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 725Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 726Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 727Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew7Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 88Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 89Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 811Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, August 13, 1880

Lunar 一八八〇年 · 七月初八

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. Start of Autumn

    Sat

    1880-08-07

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1880-08-13

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. End of Heat

    Mon

    1880-08-23

    In 10 days

  4. White Dew

    Tue

    1880-09-07

    In 25 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

庚辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

甲申

七月初八

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingHaircutVisit friends and familySculpture and paintingConsecratePlantingAnimal husbandryMarriageMeridian therapyMend walls

Avoid

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

Open for businessMove into a homeBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialBuild a stoveRaise a roof beamSet a bedOpen a storehouseOffer prayers

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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