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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 1899

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Lunar month 630Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 631Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 61Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 62Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 63Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 64Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 65Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 77Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn8Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 712Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 713Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 714Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 715Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 716Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 717Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 718Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 719Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 720Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 721Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 722Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingEnd of Heat23Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 724Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 725Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 726Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 727Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 728Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 729Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 730Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 731Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 30NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew8Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 89Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, August 5, 1899

Lunar 一八九九年 · 六月廿九

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. Greater Heat

    Sun

    1899-07-23

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1899-08-05

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Tue

    1899-08-08

    In 3 days

  4. End of Heat

    Wed

    1899-08-23

    In 18 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

己亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

辛未

六月廿九

Day cycle

乙巳

覆灯火

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMake an offeringBathingSculpture and paintingConsecrateMove the hearthTreat illnessPractise a craft

Avoid

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

TravelBurialBuild a bridge

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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