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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 1911

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Leap lunar month 630Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 631Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 61Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 62Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 63Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 64Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 65Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 66Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 67Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 68Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn9Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 610Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 611Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 612Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 613Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 614Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 615Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 616Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 617Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 618Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 619Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 620Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 621Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 622Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 623Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseEnd of Heat24Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 725Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 726Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 727Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 77Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 78Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew9Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 3, 1911

Lunar 一九一一年 · 闰六月初九

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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. Greater Heat

    Mon

    1911-07-24

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1911-08-03

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Wed

    1911-08-09

    In 6 days

  4. End of Heat

    Thu

    1911-08-24

    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

辛亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

乙未

闰六月初九

Day cycle

乙巳

覆灯火

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMake an offeringBathingSculpture and paintingConsecrateMove the hearthTreat illnessPractise a craft

Avoid

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

TravelBurialBuild a bridge

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己亥)猪 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

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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