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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

Monday, August 24, 1908

Lunar 一九〇八年 · 七月廿八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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. Start of Autumn

    Sat

    1908-08-08

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1908-08-24

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. White Dew

    Tue

    1908-09-08

    In 15 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Wed

    1908-09-23

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

处暑 → 白露

Year cycle

戊申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

庚申

七月廿八

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Build a stoveBathingRepair wallsLevel roadsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

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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