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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 1823

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 627Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 628Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 629Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 631Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 77Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn8Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 722Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 723Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat24Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 725Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 726Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 727Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, August 26, 1823

Lunar 一八二三年 · 七月廿一

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. End of Heat

    Sun

    1823-08-24

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1823-08-26

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. White Dew

    Mon

    1823-09-08

    In 13 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Wed

    1823-09-24

    In 29 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

处暑 → 白露

Year cycle

癸未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

庚申

七月廿一

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TravelBathingMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsRaise pillarsRaise a roof beamRelocateReceive livestockAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

MarriageInstall doorsBreak groundBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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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