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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

August 1838

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Lunar month 629Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 630Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 631Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 61Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 64Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 65Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 66Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 67Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn8Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 69Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 610Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 611Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 612Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 613Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 614Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 615Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 616Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 617Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 618Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 619Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 720Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 721Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 722Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat23Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 724Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 725Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 726Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 727Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 728Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 729Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 77Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew8Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, August 27, 1838

Lunar 一八三八年 · 七月初八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Thu

    1838-08-23

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1838-08-27

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. White Dew

    Sat

    1838-09-08

    In 12 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Sun

    1838-09-23

    In 27 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

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

庚申

七月初八

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenTravelMove the hearthDismantleConstructionRelocateBreak ground

Avoid

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

Build a houseConsecrateHaircutBuild a boatDig a wellBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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