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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 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

Friday, August 6, 1886

Lunar 一八八六年 · 七月初七

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1886-08-06

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Sat

    1886-08-07

    In 1 days

  4. End of Heat

    Mon

    1886-08-23

    In 17 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

七月初七

Day cycle

戊戌

平地木

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringMarriageHuntingMake nets

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialTreat illnessDig a channel

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬辰)龙 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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