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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 1995

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TODAY
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 730Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 77Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn8Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 712Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 713Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat23Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 724Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 826Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 827Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 828Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 829Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 831Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew8Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 89Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 3, 1995

Lunar 一九九五年 · 七月初八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. 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. Greater Heat

    Sun

    1995-07-23

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1995-08-03

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Tue

    1995-08-08

    In 5 days

  4. End of Heat

    Wed

    1995-08-23

    In 20 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

乙亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

癸未

七月初八

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalOpen for businessTravelBreak groundRaise a roof beamRelocateMove into a homeBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

Make an offeringOffer prayers

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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