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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 1888

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Lunar month 629Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 631Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn7Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 78Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 722Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseEnd of Heat23Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 724Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 725Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 726Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 727Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew7Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 88Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, August 4, 1888

Lunar 一八八八年 · 六月廿七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Sun

    1888-07-22

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1888-08-04

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Tue

    1888-08-07

    In 3 days

  4. End of Heat

    Thu

    1888-08-23

    In 19 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

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

己未

六月廿七

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConstructionTravelBuild a houseRaise pillarsMake vehicles and toolsTrain livestockBuild animal sheltersHarvest honey

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialDig a wellBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 未不服药毒气入肠

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

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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