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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 1906

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Lunar month 629Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 630Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 631Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 61Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 62Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 63Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 64Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 65Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 66Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 67Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn8Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 69Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 610Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 611Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 612Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 613Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 614Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 615Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 616Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 617Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 618Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 619Day 30NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 720Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 721Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 722Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 723Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat24Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 725Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 726Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 727Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 728Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 729Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 730Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 731Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 77Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew8Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, August 12, 1906

Lunar 一九〇六年 · 六月廿三

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

    Wed

    1906-08-08

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1906-08-12

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. End of Heat

    Fri

    1906-08-24

    In 12 days

  4. White Dew

    Sat

    1906-09-08

    In 27 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

丙午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

丙申

六月廿三

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersUniversal blessing riteConsecrateSet an altarMove the hearthRelocate

Avoid

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

Open for businessExecute an agreementReceive wealthBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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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