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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 1998

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Lunar month 626Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 627Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 628Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 629Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 631Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 67Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn8Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 69Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 610Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 611Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 612Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 613Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 614Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 615Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 616Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 617Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 618Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 619Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 620Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 621Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 722Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseEnd of Heat23Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 724Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 725Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 726Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 727Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, August 9, 1998

Lunar 一九九八年 · 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

    Thu

    1998-07-23

    Passed 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1998-08-09

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sun

    1998-08-23

    In 14 days

  4. White Dew

    Tue

    1998-09-08

    In 30 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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

庚申

六月十八

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersUniversal blessing riteConsecrateSet an altarMove the hearthRelocate

Avoid

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

Open for businessExecute an agreementReceive wealthBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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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