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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 1891

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Lunar month 626Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 627Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 628Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 629Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 630Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 631Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 61Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 62Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 63Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 64Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 77Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn8Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 712Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 713Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 714Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 715Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 716Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 717Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 718Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 719Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 720Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 721Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 722Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingEnd of Heat23Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 724Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 725Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 726Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 727Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 728Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 729Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 730Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 731Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, August 28, 1891

Lunar 一八九一年 · 七月廿四

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for deep study and thoughtful travel. 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

    Sun

    1891-08-23

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1891-08-28

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. White Dew

    Tue

    1891-09-08

    In 11 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Wed

    1891-09-23

    In 26 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

辛卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

丙申

七月廿四

Day cycle

丙戌

屋上土

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Sculpture and paintingComing-of-age riteMarriageVisit friends and familyWelcome a household memberMeridian therapyCut garmentsPlantingReceive livestockAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Offer prayersOpen for businessBreak groundFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚辰)龙 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

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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