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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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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
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

Tuesday, August 8, 1978

Lunar 一九七八年 · 七月初五

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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

    Sun

    1978-07-23

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1978-08-08

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. End of Heat

    Wed

    1978-08-23

    In 15 days

  4. White Dew

    Fri

    1978-09-08

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

Solar term · 立秋

Year cycle

戊午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

庚申

七月初五

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingTreat illnessDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

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

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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