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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 1926

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Lunar month 61Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 67Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn8Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 722Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 723Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat24Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 725Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 726Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 727Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 87Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew8Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 89Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 811Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, August 21, 1926

Lunar 一九二六年 · 七月十四

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. 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. Start of Autumn

    Sun

    1926-08-08

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1926-08-21

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. End of Heat

    Tue

    1926-08-24

    In 3 days

  4. White Dew

    Wed

    1926-09-08

    In 18 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

丙寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

丙申

七月十四

Day cycle

壬午

杨柳木

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringPurification riteUniversal blessing riteLift misfortuneTravelVisit friends and familyOpen for business

Avoid

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

Move the hearthMove into a homeBuild a houseInstall doorsBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙子)鼠 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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