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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 1989

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TODAY
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Lunar month 630Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 631Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 61Day 30SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn7Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 78Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 710Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 711Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 712Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 713Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 714Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 715Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 716Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 717Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 718Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 719Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 720Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 721Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 722Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat23Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 724Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 725Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 726Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 727Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 728Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 729Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 831Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew7Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 88Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 89Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, August 5, 1989

Lunar 一九八九年 · 七月初四

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. 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

    Sun

    1989-07-23

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1989-08-05

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Mon

    1989-08-07

    In 2 days

  4. End of Heat

    Wed

    1989-08-23

    In 18 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

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

辛未

七月初四

Day cycle

丁酉

山下火

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake vehicles and toolsConsecrateTravelDismantleLay foundationsSet a bedEnd mourning dress

Avoid

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

Raise a roof beamMove into a homeConstructionBreak groundBreak ground for burialMake an offeringOffer prayersPurification rite

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛卯)兔 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Favourable

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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