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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 31, 1890

Lunar 一八九〇年 · 七月十六

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Sat

    1890-08-23

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1890-08-31

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. White Dew

    Mon

    1890-09-08

    In 8 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    1890-09-23

    In 23 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

七月十六

Day cycle

甲申

泉中水

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageComing-of-age riteMake an offeringBathingUniversal blessing riteTravelReceive wealthClean the homeReceive livestockTake office

Avoid

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

Open for businessBreak groundBreak ground for burialSet a bedOpen a storehouseRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊寅)虎 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

Avoid

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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