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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 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

Friday, August 31, 1894

Lunar 一八九四年 · 八月初一

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Thu

    1894-08-23

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1894-08-31

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. White Dew

    Sat

    1894-09-08

    In 8 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Sun

    1894-09-23

    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

甲午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

壬申

八月初一

Day cycle

乙巳

覆灯火

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersInstall machineryBuild a stoveReceive livestock

Avoid

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

Break groundBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己亥)猪 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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