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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

Friday, August 22, 1980

Lunar 一九八〇年 · 七月十二

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Thu

    1980-08-07

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1980-08-22

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sat

    1980-08-23

    In 1 days

  4. White Dew

    Sun

    1980-09-07

    In 16 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

庚申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

甲申

七月十二

Day cycle

丁卯

炉中火

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageConsecrateMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenSet an altarMove the hearthLift misfortuneTimber workMove into a home

Avoid

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

Dig a wellHaircutBuild a stoveBreak groundBreak ground for burialDig a pond

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛酉)鸡 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

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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