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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

Wednesday, August 16, 1989

Lunar 一九八九年 · 七月十五

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for warm gatherings and thoughtful travel. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1989-08-16

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. End of Heat

    Wed

    1989-08-23

    In 7 days

  4. White Dew

    Thu

    1989-09-07

    In 22 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

七月十五

Day cycle

戊申

大驿土

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneRaise a roof beamBuild a houseRelocateInstall doors

Avoid

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

Break ground for burialAcquire propertyDig a wellBreak groundSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬寅)虎 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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