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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 1819

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Lunar month 61Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 62Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 63Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 64Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 65Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 66Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 67Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn8Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 69Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 610Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 611Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 612Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 613Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 614Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 615Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 616Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 617Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 618Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 619Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 620Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 721Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 722Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 723Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat24Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 725Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 726Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 727Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 728Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 729Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 730Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 731Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 77Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew8Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 79Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 710Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 711Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, August 7, 1819

Lunar 一八一九年 · 六月十七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Sat

    1819-07-24

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1819-08-07

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Sun

    1819-08-08

    In 1 days

  4. End of Heat

    Tue

    1819-08-24

    In 17 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

大暑 → 立秋

Year cycle

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

辛未

六月十七

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConstructionTravelBuild a houseRaise pillarsMake vehicles and toolsTrain livestockBuild animal sheltersHarvest honey

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialDig a wellBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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