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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 1985

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Lunar month 628Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 629Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 630Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn7Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 68Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 69Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 610Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 611Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 612Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 613Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 614Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 615Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 716Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 717Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 718Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 719Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 720Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 721Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 722Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat23Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 724Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 725Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 726Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 77Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, August 4, 1985

Lunar 一九八五年 · 六月十八

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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. Greater Heat

    Tue

    1985-07-23

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1985-08-04

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Wed

    1985-08-07

    In 3 days

  4. End of Heat

    Fri

    1985-08-23

    In 19 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

大暑 → 立秋

Year cycle

乙丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

癸未

六月十八

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Move into a homeRelocateSet a bedConsecrateOffer prayersPray for childrenWelcome a household memberOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreement

Avoid

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

MarriageBreak ground for burialAcquire propertyPlantingBurialTend a graveFuneral procession

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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