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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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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
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

Tuesday, August 17, 1886

Lunar 一八八六年 · 七月十八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. 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. Start of Autumn

    Sat

    1886-08-07

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1886-08-17

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. End of Heat

    Mon

    1886-08-23

    In 6 days

  4. White Dew

    Wed

    1886-09-08

    In 22 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

丙戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

丙申

七月十八

Day cycle

己酉

大驿土

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneBathingHaircutGroom nailsFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialBurialClean the home

Avoid

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

MarriageVisit friends and familyWelcome a household memberTravelMove into a homeRelocateTake officeBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸卯)兔 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Favourable

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

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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