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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 1976

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Lunar month 71Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn7Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 78Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 79Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 710Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 711Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 712Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 713Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 714Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 715Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 716Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 717Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 718Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 719Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 720Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 721Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 722Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat23Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 724Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 825Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 826Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 827Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 828Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 831Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew7Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 88Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 89Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 811Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, August 6, 1976

Lunar 一九七六年 · 七月十一

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for warm gatherings and deep study. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Fri

    1976-07-23

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1976-08-06

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Sat

    1976-08-07

    In 1 days

  4. End of Heat

    Mon

    1976-08-23

    In 17 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

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

乙未

七月十一

Day cycle

庚寅

松柏木

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessTradeExecute an agreementReceive wealthBreak groundConsecrateTravelMarriageFormal betrothalMake a pact

Avoid

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

Move into a homeRelocateBuild a stoveMake an offeringThanksgiving rite

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲申)猴 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

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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