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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 1920

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Lunar month 61Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 67Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn8Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 69Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 610Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 611Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 612Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 613Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 714Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 715Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 716Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 717Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 718Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 719Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 720Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 721Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 722Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat23Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 724Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 725Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 726Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 727Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 77Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew8Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, August 27, 1920

Lunar 一九二〇年 · 七月十四

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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. End of Heat

    Mon

    1920-08-23

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1920-08-27

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. White Dew

    Wed

    1920-09-08

    In 12 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Thu

    1920-09-23

    In 27 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

处暑 → 白露

Year cycle

庚申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

甲申

七月十四

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateLift misfortuneWelcome a household memberTradeExecute an agreementReceive wealthReceive livestock

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialMarriageHaircutTravelMove into a homeRelocateSeparate householdsSet an altarMove the hearth

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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