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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 1909

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TODAY
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Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 61Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 64Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 65Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 66Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 67Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn8Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 69Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 610Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 611Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 612Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 613Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 614Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 615Day 30Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 716Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 717Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 718Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 719Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 720Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 721Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 722Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 723Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat24Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 725Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 726Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 727Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 728Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 729Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 77Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew8Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, August 10, 1909

Lunar 一九〇九年 · 六月廿五

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Sun

    1909-08-08

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1909-08-10

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. End of Heat

    Tue

    1909-08-24

    In 14 days

  4. White Dew

    Wed

    1909-09-08

    In 29 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

己酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

壬申

六月廿五

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingTreat illnessDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid 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

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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