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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 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

Tuesday, August 17, 1819

Lunar 一八一九年 · 六月廿七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Sun

    1819-08-08

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1819-08-17

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. End of Heat

    Tue

    1819-08-24

    In 7 days

  4. White Dew

    Wed

    1819-09-08

    In 22 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

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

壬申

六月廿七

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateLift misfortuneWelcome a household memberTradeExecute an agreementReceive wealthReceive livestock

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialMarriageHaircutTravelMove into a homeRelocateSeparate householdsSet an altarMove the hearth

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

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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