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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 1894

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Lunar month 629Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 630Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 631Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn7Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 78Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 710Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 711Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 712Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 713Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 714Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 715Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 716Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 717Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 718Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 719Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 720Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 721Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 722Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat23Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 724Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 725Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 726Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 727Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 728Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 729Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 831Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 87Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew8Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 23, 1894

Lunar 一八九四年 · 七月廿三

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Tue

    1894-08-07

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1894-08-23

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. White Dew

    Sat

    1894-09-08

    In 16 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Sun

    1894-09-23

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 处暑

Year cycle

甲午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

壬申

七月廿三

Day cycle

丁酉

山下火

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersConstructionBreak groundRaise a roof beamBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for business

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛卯)兔 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

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

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

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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