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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 1889

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Lunar month 728Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn7Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 78Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 79Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 710Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 711Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 712Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 713Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 714Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 715Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 716Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 717Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 718Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 719Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 720Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 721Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 722Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat23Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 724Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 725Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 826Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 827Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 828Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 831Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew7Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, August 3, 1889

Lunar 一八八九年 · 七月初七

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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. Greater Heat

    Tue

    1889-07-23

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1889-08-03

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Wed

    1889-08-07

    In 4 days

  4. End of Heat

    Fri

    1889-08-23

    In 20 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

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

辛未

七月初七

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersConsecrateSet an altarMove the hearthExecute an agreementInstall machineryRelocate

Avoid

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

MarriageBurialFuneral processionBreak ground for burialTend a grave

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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