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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 1898

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Lunar month 631Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn7Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 68Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 69Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 610Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 611Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 612Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 613Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 614Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 615Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 616Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 717Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 718Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 719Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 720Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 721Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 722Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat23Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 724Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 725Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 726Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew7Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 78Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 79Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 710Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, August 23, 1898

Lunar 一八九八年 · 七月初七

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. Start of Autumn

    Sun

    1898-08-07

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1898-08-23

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. White Dew

    Wed

    1898-09-07

    In 15 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Fri

    1898-09-23

    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

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

庚申

七月初七

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneSet a bedPlantingMove a coffin

Avoid

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

Build a houseFuneral preparationBurialTimber workMove into a homeRelocateAcquire propertyReceive livestock

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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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