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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 1834

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Lunar month 627Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 628Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 629Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 630Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 77Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn8Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 79Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 710Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 711Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 712Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 713Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 714Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 715Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 716Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 717Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 718Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 719Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 720Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 721Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 722Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 723Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat24Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 725Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 726Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, August 29, 1834

Lunar 一八三四年 · 七月廿五

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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. End of Heat

    Sun

    1834-08-24

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1834-08-29

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. White Dew

    Mon

    1834-09-08

    In 10 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    1834-09-23

    In 25 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

甲午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

壬申

七月廿五

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersUniversal blessing riteConsecrateSet an altarMove the hearthRelocate

Avoid

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

Open for businessExecute an agreementReceive wealthBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

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

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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