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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 1885

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TODAY
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Lunar month 626Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 627Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 628Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 629Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 631Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 66Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn7Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 68Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 69Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 712Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 713Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat23Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 724Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 20, 1885

Lunar 一八八五年 · 七月十一

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. 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

    Fri

    1885-08-07

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1885-08-20

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sun

    1885-08-23

    In 3 days

  4. White Dew

    Mon

    1885-09-07

    In 18 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

乙酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

甲申

七月十一

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenTravelMove the hearthDismantleConstructionRelocateBreak ground

Avoid

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

Build a houseConsecrateHaircutBuild a boatDig a wellBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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