DestiniDaily Insight

Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

August 1987

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Leap lunar month 626Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 627Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 628Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 629Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 630Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 631Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 61Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 62Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 63Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 64Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 65Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 66Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 67Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn8Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 69Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 610Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 611Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 612Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 613Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 614Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 615Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 616Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 617Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 618Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 619Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 620Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 621Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 622Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 623Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingEnd of Heat24Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, August 4, 1987

Lunar 一九八七年 · 闰六月初十

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. 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. Greater Heat

    Thu

    1987-07-23

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1987-08-04

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Sat

    1987-08-08

    In 4 days

  4. End of Heat

    Mon

    1987-08-24

    In 20 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

丁卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

丁未

闰六月初十

Day cycle

乙酉

泉中水

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageConsecrateLift misfortuneSet a bedAnimal husbandryHaircutOpen for businessFuneral preparationTomb-opening riteMove a coffin

Avoid

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

Build a stoveBreak groundRaise a roof beamPlantingMove into a homeRelocateConstructionOffer prayers

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己卯)兔 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

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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