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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 1927

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Lunar month 731Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 77Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn8Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 79Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 710Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 711Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 712Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 713Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 714Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 715Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 716Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 717Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 718Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 719Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 720Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 721Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 722Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 723Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseEnd of Heat24Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 725Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 726Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 827Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 828Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 831Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 88Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew9Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, August 21, 1927

Lunar 一九二七年 · 七月廿四

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. Start of Autumn

    Mon

    1927-08-08

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1927-08-21

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. End of Heat

    Wed

    1927-08-24

    In 3 days

  4. White Dew

    Fri

    1927-09-09

    In 19 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

丁卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

戊申

七月廿四

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TravelBathingMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsRaise pillarsRaise a roof beamRelocateReceive livestockAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

MarriageInstall doorsBreak groundBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

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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