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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 1977

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Lunar month 631Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn7Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 68Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 69Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 610Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 611Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 612Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 613Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 614Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 715Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 716Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 717Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 718Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 719Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 720Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 721Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 722Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat23Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 724Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 725Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 726Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 77Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew8Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 79Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 710Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 18, 1977

Lunar 一九七七年 · 七月初四

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    1977-08-07

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1977-08-18

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. End of Heat

    Tue

    1977-08-23

    In 5 days

  4. White Dew

    Thu

    1977-09-08

    In 21 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

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

戊申

七月初四

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenTravelMove the hearthDismantleConstructionRelocateBreak ground

Avoid

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

Build a houseConsecrateHaircutBuild a boatDig a wellBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 未不服药毒气入肠

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

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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