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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 1890

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Lunar month 627Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 628Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 629Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 630Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn7Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 68Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 69Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 610Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 611Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 612Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 613Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 614Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 615Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 716Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 717Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 718Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 719Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 720Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 721Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 722Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat23Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 724Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 725Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 726Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, August 4, 1890

Lunar 一八九〇年 · 六月十九

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. Greater Heat

    Wed

    1890-07-23

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1890-08-04

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Thu

    1890-08-07

    In 3 days

  4. End of Heat

    Sat

    1890-08-23

    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

庚寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

癸未

六月十九

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateSeek medical careTreat illnessMarriageVisit friends and familyRelease waterDig a wellAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Build a houseMove into a homeBuild a stoveBegin studyBurialFuneral procession

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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