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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 1921

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Lunar month 631Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 77Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn8Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 79Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 710Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 711Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 712Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 713Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 714Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 715Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 716Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 717Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 718Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 719Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 720Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 721Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 722Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 723Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat24Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 725Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 726Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew8Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 89Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 810Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 4, 1921

Lunar 一九二一年 · 七月初一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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

    Sat

    1921-07-23

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1921-08-04

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Mon

    1921-08-08

    In 4 days

  4. End of Heat

    Wed

    1921-08-24

    In 20 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

辛酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

乙未

七月初一

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactVisit friends and familyBegin studyMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelLift misfortune

Avoid

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

MarriageBuild a stoveMove the hearthAcquire propertyMove into a homeBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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