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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 1914

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Lunar month 626Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 627Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 628Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 629Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 630Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 631Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 61Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 62Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 63Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 64Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 65Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 66Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 67Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn8Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 69Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 610Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 611Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 612Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 613Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 614Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 615Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 616Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 617Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 618Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 619Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 620Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 721Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 722Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 723Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat24Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 725Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 726Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 727Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 728Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 729Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 730Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 731Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, August 18, 1914

Lunar 一九一四年 · 六月廿七

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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

    Sat

    1914-08-08

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1914-08-18

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. End of Heat

    Mon

    1914-08-24

    In 6 days

  4. White Dew

    Tue

    1914-09-08

    In 21 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

甲寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

壬申

六月廿七

Day cycle

丙子

涧下水

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteUniversal blessing riteRelocateMove into a homeTravel

Avoid

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

Open for businessExecute an agreementAcquire propertyBuild a stoveBuild a bridge

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚午)马 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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