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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 1885

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Lunar month 626Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 627Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 628Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 629Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 631Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 66Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn7Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 68Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 69Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 712Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 713Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat23Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 724Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, August 17, 1885

Lunar 一八八五年 · 七月初八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Fri

    1885-08-07

    Passed 10 days
  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1885-08-17

    Since the previous term: 10 days
  3. End of Heat

    Sun

    1885-08-23

    In 6 days
  4. White Dew

    Mon

    1885-09-07

    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

乙酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

甲申

七月初八

Day cycle

甲辰

覆灯火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersSeek medical careTreat illnessBreak groundRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

ConsecrateAcupuncture

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊戌)狗 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

Favourable

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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