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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 1983

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Lunar month 631Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 67Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn8Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 79Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 710Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 711Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 712Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 713Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 714Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 715Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 716Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 717Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 718Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 719Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 720Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 721Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 722Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 723Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseEnd of Heat24Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 725Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 726Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 727Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew8Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 89Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, August 12, 1983

Lunar 一九八三年 · 七月初四

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Mon

    1983-08-08

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1983-08-12

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. End of Heat

    Wed

    1983-08-24

    In 12 days

  4. White Dew

    Thu

    1983-09-08

    In 27 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

癸亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

庚申

七月初四

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenTravelLift misfortuneRaise pillarsMove into a home

Avoid

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

PlantingDig a wellBreak groundSet a bedBreak ground for burialAcquire property

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

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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