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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

Monday, August 20, 1827

Lunar 一八二七年 · 六月廿八

Daily direction

Due South

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

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1827-08-20

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. End of Heat

    Fri

    1827-08-24

    In 4 days

  4. White Dew

    Sat

    1827-09-08

    In 19 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

六月廿八

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingTreat illnessDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

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

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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