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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 1824

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Lunar month 71Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn7Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 78Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 722Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseEnd of Heat23Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 724Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 725Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 726Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 727Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 728Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 729Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 730Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 731Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 71Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 72Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 73Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 74Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 75Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 76Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 77Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew8Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 79Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 710Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 711Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, August 1, 1824

Lunar 一八二四年 · 七月初七

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. Greater Heat

    Fri

    1824-07-23

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1824-08-01

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Sat

    1824-08-07

    In 6 days

  4. End of Heat

    Mon

    1824-08-23

    In 22 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

甲申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

辛未

七月初七

Day cycle

戊辰

大林木

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBuild a stoveReceive wealthCapture

Avoid

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

Open for businessBreak ground for burial

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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