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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

Sunday, August 20, 1893

Lunar 一八九三年 · 七月初九

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and warm gatherings. 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

    Mon

    1893-08-07

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1893-08-20

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. End of Heat

    Wed

    1893-08-23

    In 3 days

  4. White Dew

    Thu

    1893-09-07

    In 18 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

立秋 → 处暑

Year cycle

癸巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

庚申

七月初九

Day cycle

己丑

霹雳火

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringCaptureHuntingReceive livestockAnimal husbandryFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactOpen for businessMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸未)羊 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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