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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 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

Sunday, August 24, 1890

Lunar 一八九〇年 · 七月初九

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. Start of Autumn

    Thu

    1890-08-07

    Passed 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1890-08-24

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. White Dew

    Mon

    1890-09-08

    In 15 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    1890-09-23

    In 30 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

庚寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

甲申

七月初九

Day cycle

丁丑

涧下水

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringUniversal blessing riteCaptureLift misfortuneMake netsHuntingFuneral preparationBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

Open for businessTradeMove into a homeMarriage

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛未)羊 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 丑不冠带主不还乡

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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