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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 1980

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Lunar month 627Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 628Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 629Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 631Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 66Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn7Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 68Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 69Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 610Day 30NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 712Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 713Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat23Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 724Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, August 6, 1980

Lunar 一九八〇年 · 六月廿六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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. Greater Heat

    Wed

    1980-07-23

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1980-08-06

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Thu

    1980-08-07

    In 1 days

  4. End of Heat

    Sat

    1980-08-23

    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

庚申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

癸未

六月廿六

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersConsecrateSet an altarMove the hearthExecute an agreementInstall machineryRelocate

Avoid

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

MarriageBurialFuneral processionBreak ground for burialTend a grave

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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