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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 1893

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Lunar month 630Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 631Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 66Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn7Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 68Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 69Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 610Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 611Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 712Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 713Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat23Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 724Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew7Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 78Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 3, 1893

Lunar 一八九三年 · 六月廿二

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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. Greater Heat

    Sun

    1893-07-23

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1893-08-03

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Mon

    1893-08-07

    In 4 days

  4. End of Heat

    Wed

    1893-08-23

    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

癸巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

己未

六月廿二

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteTreat illnessBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

Open for businessMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

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

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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