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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 1818

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Lunar month 626Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 627Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 628Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 629Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 630Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 77Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn8Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 79Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 710Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 711Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 712Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 713Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 714Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 715Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 716Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 717Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 718Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 719Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 720Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 721Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 722Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 723Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat24Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 725Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 726Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 20, 1818

Lunar 一八一八年 · 七月十九

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Sat

    1818-08-08

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1818-08-20

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. End of Heat

    Mon

    1818-08-24

    In 4 days

  4. White Dew

    Tue

    1818-09-08

    In 19 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

七月十九

Day cycle

乙卯

大溪水

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringFuneral preparationMove a coffinMake netsTomb-opening riteBurialEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己酉)鸡 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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