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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 1986

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 627Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 628Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 629Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 630Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 631Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 61Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 62Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 63Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 64Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 65Day 30SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 77Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn8Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 712Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 713Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 714Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 715Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 716Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 717Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 718Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 719Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 720Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 721Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 722Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingEnd of Heat23Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 724Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 725Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 726Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 727Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 728Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 729Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 730Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 731Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, August 12, 1986

Lunar 一九八六年 · 七月初七

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Fri

    1986-08-08

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1986-08-12

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sat

    1986-08-23

    In 11 days

  4. White Dew

    Mon

    1986-09-08

    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

丙寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

丙申

七月初七

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersUniversal blessing riteConsecrateSet an altarMove the hearthRelocate

Avoid

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

Open for businessExecute an agreementReceive wealthBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

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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