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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 1988

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 631Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 66Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn7Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 68Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 69Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 610Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 611Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 712Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 713Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat23Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 724Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew7Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 78Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, August 20, 1988

Lunar 一九八八年 · 七月初九

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Sun

    1988-08-07

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1988-08-20

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. End of Heat

    Tue

    1988-08-23

    In 3 days

  4. White Dew

    Wed

    1988-09-07

    In 18 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

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

庚申

七月初九

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenTravelMove the hearthDismantleConstructionRelocateBreak ground

Avoid

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

Build a houseConsecrateHaircutBuild a boatDig a wellBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

Favourable

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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