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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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TODAY
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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

Saturday, August 29, 1896

Lunar 一八九六年 · 七月廿一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. 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. End of Heat

    Sun

    1896-08-23

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1896-08-29

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. White Dew

    Mon

    1896-09-07

    In 9 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    1896-09-22

    In 24 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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

丙申

七月廿一

Day cycle

甲寅

大溪水

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Demolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊申)猴 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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