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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 1901

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Lunar month 628Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 629Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 630Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 631Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 61Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 64Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 65Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 66Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 67Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn8Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 69Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 610Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 611Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 612Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 613Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 714Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 715Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 716Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 717Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 718Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 719Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 720Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 721Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 722Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 723Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat24Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 725Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 726Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 727Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 728Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 729Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 77Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, August 12, 1901

Lunar 一九〇一年 · 六月廿八

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

    1901-08-08

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1901-08-12

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sat

    1901-08-24

    In 12 days

  4. White Dew

    Sun

    1901-09-08

    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

辛丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

丙申

六月廿八

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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