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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 1883

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Lunar month 629Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 630Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 631Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 61Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 62Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 77Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn8Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 712Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 713Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 714Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 715Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 716Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 717Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 718Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 719Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 720Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 721Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 722Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingEnd of Heat23Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 724Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 725Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 726Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 727Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 728Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 729Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 730Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 731Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew8Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, August 11, 1883

Lunar 一八八三年 · 七月初九

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    1883-08-08

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1883-08-11

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. End of Heat

    Thu

    1883-08-23

    In 12 days

  4. White Dew

    Sat

    1883-09-08

    In 28 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

癸未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

庚申

七月初九

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TravelBathingMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsRaise pillarsRaise a roof beamRelocateReceive livestockAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

MarriageInstall doorsBreak groundBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

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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