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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 1916

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Lunar month 730Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 77Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn8Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 712Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 713Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat23Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 724Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 829Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 831Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew8Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 89Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, August 12, 1916

Lunar 一九一六年 · 七月十四

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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

    Tue

    1916-08-08

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1916-08-12

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. End of Heat

    Wed

    1916-08-23

    In 11 days

  4. White Dew

    Fri

    1916-09-08

    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

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

丙申

七月十四

Day cycle

辛巳

白蜡金

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalBuild a stoveComing-of-age riteCut garmentsVisit friends and familyReceive livestockAnimal husbandryInstall machinery

Avoid

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

Dig a wellTravelBreak ground for burialFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙亥)猪 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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