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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

August 1884

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Lunar month 627Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 628Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 629Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 630Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 631Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 61Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 62Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 63Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 64Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 65Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 66Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn7Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 68Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 69Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 610Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 611Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 612Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 613Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 614Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 615Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 616Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 617Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 618Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 619Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 620Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 721Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 722Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingEnd of Heat23Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 724Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 725Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 726Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 727Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 728Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 729Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 730Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 731Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, August 3, 1884

Lunar 一八八四年 · 六月十三

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    1884-07-22

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1884-08-03

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Thu

    1884-08-07

    In 4 days

  4. End of Heat

    Sat

    1884-08-23

    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

甲申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

辛未

六月十三

Day cycle

乙酉

泉中水

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageConsecrateLift misfortuneSet a bedAnimal husbandryHaircutOpen for businessFuneral preparationTomb-opening riteMove a coffin

Avoid

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

Build a stoveBreak groundRaise a roof beamPlantingMove into a homeRelocateConstructionOffer prayers

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己卯)兔 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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