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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 1831

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Lunar month 631Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 67Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn8Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 722Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 723Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat24Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 725Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 726Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 727Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 87Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew8Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 89Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, August 17, 1831

Lunar 一八三一年 · 七月初十

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for warm gatherings and deep study. 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

    Mon

    1831-08-08

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1831-08-17

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. End of Heat

    Wed

    1831-08-24

    In 7 days

  4. White Dew

    Thu

    1831-09-08

    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

辛卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

丙申

七月初十

Day cycle

庚申

石榴木

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringCut garmentsInstall doorsReceive wealthClean the homeTravelWelcome a household memberBuild a stoveReceive livestockBuild animal shelters

Avoid

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

Set a bedBreak groundBurialPrepare a burial plotPrepare a coffin

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲寅)虎 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

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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