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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 1883

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Lunar month 629Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 630Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 631Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 61Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 62Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 77Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn8Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 712Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 713Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 714Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 715Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 716Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 717Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 718Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 719Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 720Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 721Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 722Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingEnd of Heat23Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 724Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 725Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 726Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 727Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 728Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 729Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 730Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 731Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew8Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, August 8, 1883

Lunar 一八八三年 · 七月初六

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. 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. Greater Heat

    Mon

    1883-07-23

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1883-08-08

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. End of Heat

    Thu

    1883-08-23

    In 15 days

  4. White Dew

    Sat

    1883-09-08

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 立秋

Year cycle

癸未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

庚申

七月初六

Day cycle

甲申

泉中水

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageComing-of-age riteMake an offeringBathingUniversal blessing riteTravelReceive wealthClean the homeReceive livestockTake office

Avoid

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

Open for businessBreak groundBreak ground for burialSet a bedOpen a storehouseRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊寅)虎 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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