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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 1908

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 626Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 627Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 728Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 729Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 77Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn8Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 712Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 713Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat23Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 724Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 30SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 827Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 828Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 829Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 831Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, August 11, 1908

Lunar 一九〇八年 · 七月十五

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. 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

    Sat

    1908-08-08

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1908-08-11

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sun

    1908-08-23

    In 12 days

  4. White Dew

    Tue

    1908-09-08

    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

戊申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

庚申

七月十五

Day cycle

戊戌

平地木

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalTravelVisit friends and familyConstructionRaise a roof beamRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

Open for businessBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬辰)龙 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

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

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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