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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 1996

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Lunar month 628Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 629Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 631Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 66Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn7Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 68Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 69Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 610Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 611Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 612Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 613Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat23Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 724Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew7Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, August 20, 1996

Lunar 一九九六年 · 七月初七

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

    Wed

    1996-08-07

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1996-08-20

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. End of Heat

    Fri

    1996-08-23

    In 3 days

  4. White Dew

    Sat

    1996-09-07

    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

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

丙申

七月初七

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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