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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 1900

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Lunar month 729Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 77Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn8Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 712Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 713Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat23Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 724Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 825Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 826Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 827Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 828Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 829Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 831Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew8Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, August 11, 1900

Lunar 一九〇〇年 · 七月十七

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for deep study and thoughtful travel. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Wed

    1900-08-08

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1900-08-11

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. End of Heat

    Thu

    1900-08-23

    In 12 days

  4. White Dew

    Sat

    1900-09-08

    In 28 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

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

甲申

七月十七

Day cycle

丙辰

沙中土

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMove the hearthDismantleMake an offeringOffer prayersConsecrateTimber workBreak groundOpen for businessTrade

Avoid

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

PlantingBuild a stoveAcupunctureTravel

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚戌)狗 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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