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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 1827

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Lunar month 629Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 630Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 631Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 61Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 62Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 63Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 64Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 65Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 66Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 67Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn8Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 69Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 610Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 611Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 612Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 613Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 614Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 615Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 616Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 617Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 618Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 619Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 620Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 621Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 722Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 723Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat24Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 725Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 726Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 727Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 728Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 729Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 730Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 731Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 77Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew8Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, August 18, 1827

Lunar 一八二七年 · 六月廿六

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    1827-08-08

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1827-08-18

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. End of Heat

    Fri

    1827-08-24

    In 6 days

  4. White Dew

    Sat

    1827-09-08

    In 21 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

丁亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

戊申

六月廿六

Day cycle

庚子

壁上土

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteBreak groundRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

Open for businessBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲午)马 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

Avoid

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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