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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 1887

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Lunar month 631Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 67Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn8Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 69Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 610Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 611Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 612Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 613Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 614Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 615Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 616Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 617Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 618Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 722Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseEnd of Heat23Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 724Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 725Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 726Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 727Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 77Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew8Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 710Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 11, 1887

Lunar 一八八七年 · 六月廿二

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for warm gatherings and thoughtful travel. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Mon

    1887-08-08

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1887-08-11

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. End of Heat

    Tue

    1887-08-23

    In 12 days

  4. White Dew

    Thu

    1887-09-08

    In 28 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

丁亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

戊申

六月廿二

Day cycle

戊申

大驿土

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneRaise a roof beamBuild a houseRelocateInstall doors

Avoid

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

Break ground for burialAcquire propertyDig a wellBreak groundSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬寅)虎 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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