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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

August 1991

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Lunar month 628Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 629Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 631Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 67Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn8Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 69Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 710Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 711Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 712Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 713Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 714Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 715Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 716Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 717Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 718Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 719Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 720Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 721Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 722Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat23Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 724Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 725Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 726Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 727Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 77Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, August 18, 1991

Lunar 一九九一年 · 七月初九

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for warm gatherings and deep study. 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

    Thu

    1991-08-08

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1991-08-18

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. End of Heat

    Fri

    1991-08-23

    In 5 days

  4. White Dew

    Sun

    1991-09-08

    In 21 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

辛未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

丙申

七月初九

Day cycle

庚申

石榴木

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringCut garmentsInstall doorsReceive wealthClean the homeTravelWelcome a household memberBuild a stoveReceive livestockBuild animal shelters

Avoid

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

Set a bedBreak groundBurialPrepare a burial plotPrepare a coffin

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲寅)虎 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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