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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 1896

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Lunar month 626Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 627Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 628Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 629Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 631Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn7Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 68Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 722Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseEnd of Heat23Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 724Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 725Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 726Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 727Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, August 3, 1896

Lunar 一八九六年 · 六月廿四

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Wed

    1896-07-22

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1896-08-03

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Fri

    1896-08-07

    In 4 days

  4. End of Heat

    Sun

    1896-08-23

    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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

乙未

六月廿四

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Lift misfortuneMake an offeringHaircutFuneral preparationBurialBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessMove the hearthBuild a stoveAcquire propertyPurification riteMove into a homeRelocateInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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