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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 1840

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Lunar month 626Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 627Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 628Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn7Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 78Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 722Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseEnd of Heat23Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 724Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 725Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 726Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 827Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 828Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 831Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, August 5, 1840

Lunar 一八四〇年 · 七月初八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. 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. Greater Heat

    Thu

    1840-07-23

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1840-08-05

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Fri

    1840-08-07

    In 2 days

  4. End of Heat

    Sun

    1840-08-23

    In 18 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

大暑 → 立秋

Year cycle

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

癸未

七月初八

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConstructionBreak groundInstall machineryMake an offeringBathingLift misfortuneDismantleTreat illnessBuild a stoveBuild a house

Avoid

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

Open for businessMove into a homeTravelSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚寅)虎 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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