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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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TODAY
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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

Saturday, August 13, 1983

Lunar 一九八三年 · 七月初五

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. 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

    Mon

    1983-08-08

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1983-08-13

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. End of Heat

    Wed

    1983-08-24

    In 11 days

  4. White Dew

    Thu

    1983-09-08

    In 26 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

七月初五

Day cycle

癸酉

剑锋金

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Lift misfortuneMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConstructionBreak groundRaise pillarsRaise a roof beamSet a bedReceive livestock

Avoid

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

Move the hearthMarriageConsecrateWelcome a household memberTravelLitigationOpen for businessMove into a homeRelocateTake office

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁卯)兔 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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