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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 25, 1888

Lunar 一八八八年 · 七月十八

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. End of Heat

    Thu

    1888-08-23

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1888-08-25

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. White Dew

    Fri

    1888-09-07

    In 13 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Sat

    1888-09-22

    In 28 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

处暑 → 白露

Year cycle

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

庚申

七月十八

Day cycle

戊辰

大林木

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Install machineryFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateUniversal blessing riteTravelMove the hearth

Avoid

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

Move into a homeMarriageDig a wellAnimal husbandry

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬戌)狗 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

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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