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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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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 12, 1989

Lunar 一九八九年 · 七月十一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Mon

    1989-08-07

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1989-08-12

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. End of Heat

    Wed

    1989-08-23

    In 11 days

  4. White Dew

    Thu

    1989-09-07

    In 26 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

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

壬申

七月十一

Day cycle

甲辰

覆灯火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersSeek medical careTreat illnessBreak groundRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

ConsecrateAcupuncture

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊戌)狗 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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