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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 1993

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Lunar month 61Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn7Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 68Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 69Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 610Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 611Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 612Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 613Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 614Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 615Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 616Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 617Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 718Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 719Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 720Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 721Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 722Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat23Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 724Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 725Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 726Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew7Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 78Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 79Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 710Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 711Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 5, 1993

Lunar 一九九三年 · 六月十八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Fri

    1993-07-23

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1993-08-05

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Sat

    1993-08-07

    In 2 days

  4. End of Heat

    Mon

    1993-08-23

    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

癸酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

己未

六月十八

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSeal openingsMake netsHuntingAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

RelocateOpen for businessMove into a homeMarriageConsecrateInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

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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