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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

Tuesday, August 18, 1840

Lunar 一八四〇年 · 七月廿一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Fri

    1840-08-07

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1840-08-18

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sun

    1840-08-23

    In 5 days

  4. White Dew

    Mon

    1840-09-07

    In 20 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

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

甲申

七月廿一

Day cycle

己酉

大驿土

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneBathingHaircutGroom nailsFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialBurialClean the home

Avoid

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

MarriageVisit friends and familyWelcome a household memberTravelMove into a homeRelocateTake officeBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸卯)兔 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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