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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 1928

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Lunar month 629Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 631Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 67Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn8Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 69Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 610Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 611Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 612Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 613Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 614Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 715Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 716Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 717Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 718Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 719Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 720Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 721Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 722Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat23Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 724Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 725Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 726Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 727Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 77Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew8Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, August 4, 1928

Lunar 一九二八年 · 六月十九

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. Greater Heat

    Mon

    1928-07-23

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1928-08-04

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Wed

    1928-08-08

    In 4 days

  4. End of Heat

    Thu

    1928-08-23

    In 19 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

大暑 → 立秋

Year cycle

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

己未

六月十九

Day cycle

丙子

涧下水

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneBathingGroom nailsFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

MarriageMove into a homeRelocateBuild a stoveOpen for businessTradeInstall doorsPlanting

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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