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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

Thursday, August 31, 1989

Lunar 一九八九年 · 八月初一

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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. End of Heat

    Wed

    1989-08-23

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1989-08-31

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. White Dew

    Thu

    1989-09-07

    In 7 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Sat

    1989-09-23

    In 23 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

处暑 → 白露

Year cycle

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

壬申

八月初一

Day cycle

癸亥

大海水

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Repair wallsLevel roadsMake an offeringBathingBuild a stove

Avoid

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

MarriageLitigationTreat illnessAcquire propertyBuild roof beamsOffer prayersBurialPlantingTimber workInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁巳)蛇 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

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

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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