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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

Monday, August 29, 1921

Lunar 一九二一年 · 七月廿六

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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. End of Heat

    Wed

    1921-08-24

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1921-08-29

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. White Dew

    Thu

    1921-09-08

    In 10 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Fri

    1921-09-23

    In 25 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

辛酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

丙申

七月廿六

Day cycle

甲子

海中金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenMove the hearthTravelConsecrateLift misfortuneDismantleConstruction

Avoid

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

Purification riteOpen for businessOpen a storehouseBuild a stoveBuild a boat

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊午)马 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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