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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 1897

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Lunar month 71Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn7Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 78Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 79Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 710Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 711Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 712Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 713Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 714Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 715Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 716Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 717Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 718Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 719Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 720Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 721Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 722Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat23Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 724Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 725Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 726Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 727Day 30Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 828Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 831Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew7Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 88Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 89Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 811Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, August 17, 1897

Lunar 一八九七年 · 七月二十

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. 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

    Sat

    1897-08-07

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1897-08-17

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. End of Heat

    Mon

    1897-08-23

    In 6 days

  4. White Dew

    Tue

    1897-09-07

    In 21 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

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

戊申

七月二十

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenTravelMove the hearthDismantleConstructionRelocateBreak ground

Avoid

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

Build a houseConsecrateHaircutBuild a boatDig a wellBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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