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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 1912

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Lunar month 628Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 629Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 631Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 67Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn8Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 69Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 610Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 611Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 612Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 713Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 714Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 715Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 716Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 717Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 718Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 719Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 720Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 721Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 722Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat23Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 724Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 725Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 726Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 727Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 77Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, August 10, 1912

Lunar 一九一二年 · 六月廿八

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

    Thu

    1912-08-08

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1912-08-10

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. End of Heat

    Fri

    1912-08-23

    In 13 days

  4. White Dew

    Sun

    1912-09-08

    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

壬子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

戊申

六月廿八

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneSet a bedPlantingMove a coffin

Avoid

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

Build a houseFuneral preparationBurialTimber workMove into a homeRelocateAcquire propertyReceive livestock

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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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