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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 1915

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Lunar month 61Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 66Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 67Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn8Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 69Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 610Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 712Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 713Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 723Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingEnd of Heat24Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 77Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 78Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew9Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 810Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 811Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 12, 1915

Lunar 一九一五年 · 七月初二

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. Start of Autumn

    Sun

    1915-08-08

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1915-08-12

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. End of Heat

    Tue

    1915-08-24

    In 12 days

  4. White Dew

    Thu

    1915-09-09

    In 28 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

乙卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

甲申

七月初二

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringHaircutBuild a stoveBathingRepair wallsLevel roads

Avoid

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

MarriagePlantingOffer prayersBuild a bridgeBurialInstall doorsTimber workBuild roof beams

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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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