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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 1904

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Lunar month 631Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 67Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn8Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 69Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 610Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 711Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 712Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 713Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 714Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 715Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 716Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 717Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 718Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 719Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 720Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 721Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 722Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat23Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 724Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 725Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 726Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 727Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 77Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew8Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, August 14, 1904

Lunar 一九〇四年 · 七月初四

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. 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

    Mon

    1904-08-08

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1904-08-14

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. End of Heat

    Tue

    1904-08-23

    In 9 days

  4. White Dew

    Thu

    1904-09-08

    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

甲辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

壬申

七月初四

Day cycle

庚辰

白蜡金

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteUniversal blessing riteRelocateMove into a homeBreak groundTreat illnessOpen for business

Avoid

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

Formal betrothalMake a pactMeridian therapyFuneral processionBurialVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲戌)狗 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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