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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 1886

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Lunar month 71Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn7Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 78Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 710Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 711Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 712Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 713Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 714Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 715Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 716Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 717Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 718Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 719Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 720Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 721Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 722Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat23Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 724Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 725Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 726Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 727Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 728Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 829Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 831Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 87Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew8Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 89Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 810Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 811Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, August 2, 1886

Lunar 一八八六年 · 七月初三

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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. Greater Heat

    Fri

    1886-07-23

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1886-08-02

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Sat

    1886-08-07

    In 5 days

  4. End of Heat

    Mon

    1886-08-23

    In 21 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

丙戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

乙未

七月初三

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Meridian therapyMake an offeringBathingMend wallsSeal openingsEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinFuneral preparationTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

ConsecrateTreat illnessMarriageDig a wellBreak ground for burialBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊子)鼠 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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