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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 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

Saturday, August 20, 1887

Lunar 一八八七年 · 七月初二

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1887-08-20

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. End of Heat

    Tue

    1887-08-23

    In 3 days

  4. White Dew

    Thu

    1887-09-08

    In 19 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

七月初二

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateLift misfortuneWelcome a household memberTradeExecute an agreementReceive wealthReceive livestock

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialMarriageHaircutTravelMove into a homeRelocateSeparate householdsSet an altarMove the hearth

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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