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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 1981

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TODAY
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Lunar month 626Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 627Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 628Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 629Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 630Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn7Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 78Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 710Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 711Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 712Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 713Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 714Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 715Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 716Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 717Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 718Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 719Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 720Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 721Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 722Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat23Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 724Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 725Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 726Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 727Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 728Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 829Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 831Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, August 18, 1981

Lunar 一九八一年 · 七月十九

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Fri

    1981-08-07

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1981-08-18

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sun

    1981-08-23

    In 5 days

  4. White Dew

    Tue

    1981-09-08

    In 21 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

辛酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

丙申

七月十九

Day cycle

戊辰

大林木

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Install machineryFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateUniversal blessing riteTravelMove the hearth

Avoid

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

Move into a homeMarriageDig a wellAnimal husbandry

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬戌)狗 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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