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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 1842

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Lunar month 631Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 77Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn8Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 79Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 710Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 711Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 712Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 713Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 714Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 715Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 716Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 717Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 718Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 719Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 720Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 721Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 722Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat23Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 724Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 725Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 726Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew8Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 89Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 810Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, August 17, 1842

Lunar 一八四二年 · 七月十二

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. Start of Autumn

    Mon

    1842-08-08

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1842-08-17

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. End of Heat

    Tue

    1842-08-23

    In 6 days

  4. White Dew

    Thu

    1842-09-08

    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

壬寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

戊申

七月十二

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneSet a bedPlantingMove a coffin

Avoid

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

Build a houseFuneral preparationBurialTimber workMove into a homeRelocateAcquire propertyReceive livestock

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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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