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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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TODAY
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Thu
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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

Friday, August 11, 1978

Lunar 一九七八年 · 七月初八

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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

    Tue

    1978-08-08

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1978-08-11

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. End of Heat

    Wed

    1978-08-23

    In 12 days

  4. White Dew

    Fri

    1978-09-08

    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

戊午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

庚申

七月初八

Day cycle

乙巳

覆灯火

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersInstall machineryBuild a stoveReceive livestock

Avoid

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

Break groundBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己亥)猪 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

丙子

Avoid

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

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

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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