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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 1821

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Lunar month 729Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 77Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn8Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 712Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 713Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat23Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 724Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 827Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 828Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 829Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 831Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew8Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, August 17, 1821

Lunar 一八二一年 · 七月二十

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. 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

    Wed

    1821-08-08

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1821-08-17

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. End of Heat

    Thu

    1821-08-23

    In 6 days

  4. White Dew

    Sat

    1821-09-08

    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

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丙申

七月二十

Day cycle

戊辰

大林木

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Install machineryFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateUniversal blessing riteTravelMove the hearth

Avoid

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

Move into a homeMarriageDig a wellAnimal husbandry

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬戌)狗 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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