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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 1881

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 731Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn7Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 78Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 79Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 710Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 711Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 712Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 713Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 714Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 715Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 716Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 717Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 718Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 719Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 720Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 721Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 722Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat23Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 724Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 725Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 726Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 727Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 728Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 729Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 730Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 731Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 71Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 72Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 73Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 74Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 75Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 76Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew7Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 78Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 79Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 710Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, August 16, 1881

Lunar 一八八一年 · 七月廿二

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Sun

    1881-08-07

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1881-08-16

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. End of Heat

    Tue

    1881-08-23

    In 7 days

  4. White Dew

    Wed

    1881-09-07

    In 22 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

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丙申

七月廿二

Day cycle

壬午

杨柳木

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringPurification riteUniversal blessing riteLift misfortuneTravelVisit friends and familyOpen for business

Avoid

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

Move the hearthMove into a homeBuild a houseInstall doorsBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙子)鼠 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

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

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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