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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 1998

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TODAY
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Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
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

Thursday, August 27, 1998

Lunar 一九九八年 · 七月初六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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. End of Heat

    Sun

    1998-08-23

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1998-08-27

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. White Dew

    Tue

    1998-09-08

    In 12 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Wed

    1998-09-23

    In 27 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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

庚申

七月初六

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenTravelBreak groundSet a bedDig a wellBreak ground for burialTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

Move into a homeBuild roof beamsInstall doorsTimber workConstructionRaise a roof beamFuneral preparationBuild a house

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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