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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 1918

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Lunar month 628Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 629Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 631Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 30NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 77Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn8Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 722Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 723Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat24Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 725Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 726Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 727Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 87Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, August 14, 1918

Lunar 一九一八年 · 七月初八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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

    Thu

    1918-08-08

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1918-08-14

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sat

    1918-08-24

    In 10 days

  4. White Dew

    Sun

    1918-09-08

    In 25 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

戊午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

庚申

七月初八

Day cycle

癸巳

长流水

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Sculpture and paintingConsecrateLift misfortuneMake a pactFormal betrothalMarriageMove the hearthConstructionBreak groundRelocate

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁亥)猪 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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