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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 1925

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TODAY
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Lunar month 626Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 627Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 628Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 629Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 630Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 631Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 61Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 64Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 65Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 66Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 67Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn8Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 69Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 610Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 611Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 612Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 613Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 614Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 615Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 616Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 617Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 618Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 719Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 720Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 721Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 722Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 723Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat24Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 725Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 726Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 727Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 728Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 729Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, August 17, 1925

Lunar 一九二五年 · 六月廿八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    1925-08-08

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1925-08-17

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. End of Heat

    Mon

    1925-08-24

    In 7 days

  4. White Dew

    Tue

    1925-09-08

    In 22 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

乙丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

甲申

六月廿八

Day cycle

癸酉

剑锋金

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Lift misfortuneMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConstructionBreak groundRaise pillarsRaise a roof beamSet a bedReceive livestock

Avoid

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

Move the hearthMarriageConsecrateWelcome a household memberTravelLitigationOpen for businessMove into a homeRelocateTake office

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁卯)兔 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

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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