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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 1917

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 629Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 630Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 631Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 61Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 64Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 65Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 66Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 67Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn8Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 69Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 610Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 611Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 612Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 613Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 614Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 615Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 616Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 617Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 718Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 719Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 720Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 721Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 722Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 723Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat24Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 725Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 726Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 727Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 728Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 729Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 77Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew8Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, August 7, 1917

Lunar 一九一七年 · 六月二十

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. Greater Heat

    Mon

    1917-07-23

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1917-08-07

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Wed

    1917-08-08

    In 1 days

  4. End of Heat

    Fri

    1917-08-24

    In 17 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

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丁未

六月二十

Day cycle

辛巳

白蜡金

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateOpen for businessAnimal husbandryHaircut

Avoid

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

MarriageTravelBurialFuneral preparationMove into a homeBuild a stoveComing-of-age riteRaise a roof beam

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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