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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

Friday, August 5, 1921

Lunar 一九二一年 · 七月初二

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1921-08-05

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Mon

    1921-08-08

    In 3 days

  4. End of Heat

    Wed

    1921-08-24

    In 19 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

七月初二

Day cycle

庚子

壁上土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersLift misfortuneGroom nailsSet a bedBathingFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

MarriagePurification riteOpen for businessMove the hearthMove into a homeRelocateTravelBuild a stoveInstall doorsTimber work

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲午)马 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

Avoid

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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