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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

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
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

Monday, August 31, 1981

Lunar 一九八一年 · 八月初三

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. End of Heat

    Sun

    1981-08-23

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1981-08-31

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. White Dew

    Tue

    1981-09-08

    In 8 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Wed

    1981-09-23

    In 23 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

处暑 → 白露

Year cycle

辛酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

丙申

八月初三

Day cycle

辛巳

白蜡金

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalBuild a stoveComing-of-age riteCut garmentsVisit friends and familyReceive livestockAnimal husbandryInstall machinery

Avoid

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

Dig a wellTravelBreak ground for burialFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙亥)猪 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

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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