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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 1910

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Lunar month 631Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 77Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn8Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 722Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 723Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat24Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 725Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 726Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 727Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 87Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew8Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 89Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, August 12, 1910

Lunar 一九一〇年 · 七月初八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    1910-08-08

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1910-08-12

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. End of Heat

    Wed

    1910-08-24

    In 12 days

  4. White Dew

    Thu

    1910-09-08

    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

庚戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

甲申

七月初八

Day cycle

己酉

大驿土

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneBathingHaircutGroom nailsFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialBurialClean the home

Avoid

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

MarriageVisit friends and familyWelcome a household memberTravelMove into a homeRelocateTake officeBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸卯)兔 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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