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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 1900

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Lunar month 729Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 77Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn8Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 712Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 713Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat23Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 724Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 825Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 826Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 827Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 828Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 829Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 831Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew8Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 2, 1900

Lunar 一九〇〇年 · 七月初八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. 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

    Mon

    1900-07-23

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1900-08-02

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Wed

    1900-08-08

    In 6 days

  4. End of Heat

    Thu

    1900-08-23

    In 21 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

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

癸未

七月初八

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConstructionTravelBuild a houseRaise pillarsMake vehicles and toolsTrain livestockBuild animal sheltersHarvest honey

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialDig a wellBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 未不服药毒气入肠

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

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

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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