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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 1924

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Lunar month 627Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 628Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 629Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 631Day 30SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 77Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn8Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 712Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 713Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat23Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 724Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 831Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, August 19, 1924

Lunar 一九二四年 · 七月十九

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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

    Fri

    1924-08-08

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1924-08-19

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sat

    1924-08-23

    In 4 days

  4. White Dew

    Mon

    1924-09-08

    In 20 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

甲子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

壬申

七月十九

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactConsecrateMake an offeringTravelHaircutBreak groundSet a bedRelease water

Avoid

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

Move into a homeRaise a roof beamFuneral preparationBuild a houseVisit the sickBuild a stoveInstall doorsBurialReceive livestockTimber work

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲子)鼠 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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