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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 1978

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Lunar month 630Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 631Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 61Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 62Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 63Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 77Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn8Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 712Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 713Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 714Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 715Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 716Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 717Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 718Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 719Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 720Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 721Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 722Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingEnd of Heat23Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 724Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 725Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 726Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 727Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 728Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 729Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 730Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 731Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew8Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 89Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, August 6, 1978

Lunar 一九七八年 · 七月初三

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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. Greater Heat

    Sun

    1978-07-23

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1978-08-06

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Tue

    1978-08-08

    In 2 days

  4. End of Heat

    Wed

    1978-08-23

    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

戊午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

己未

七月初三

Day cycle

庚子

壁上土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersLift misfortuneGroom nailsSet a bedBathingFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

MarriagePurification riteOpen for businessMove the hearthMove into a homeRelocateTravelBuild a stoveInstall doorsTimber work

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲午)马 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

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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