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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 1930

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Leap lunar month 627Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 628Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 629Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 630Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 631Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 61Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 62Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 63Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 64Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 65Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 66Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 67Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn8Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 69Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 610Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 611Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 612Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 613Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 614Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 615Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 616Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 617Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 618Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 619Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 620Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 621Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 622Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 623Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat24Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 725Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 726Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 727Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 728Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 729Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 730Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 731Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, August 11, 1930

Lunar 一九三〇年 · 闰六月十七

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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

    Fri

    1930-08-08

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1930-08-11

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sun

    1930-08-24

    In 13 days

  4. White Dew

    Mon

    1930-09-08

    In 28 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

庚午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

甲申

闰六月十七

Day cycle

癸巳

长流水

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Sculpture and paintingConsecrateLift misfortuneMake a pactFormal betrothalMarriageMove the hearthConstructionBreak groundRelocate

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁亥)猪 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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