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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 1984

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 729Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn7Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 78Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 79Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 710Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 711Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 712Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 713Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 714Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 715Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 716Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 717Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 718Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 719Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 720Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 721Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 722Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat23Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 724Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 725Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 726Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 827Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 828Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 831Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew7Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 88Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 23, 1984

Lunar 一九八四年 · 七月廿七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and warm gatherings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Tue

    1984-08-07

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1984-08-23

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. White Dew

    Fri

    1984-09-07

    In 15 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Sun

    1984-09-23

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 处暑

Year cycle

甲子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

壬申

七月廿七

Day cycle

己丑

霹雳火

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringCaptureHuntingReceive livestockAnimal husbandryFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactOpen for businessMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸未)羊 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 丑不冠带主不还乡

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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