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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 1843

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Lunar month 730Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 77Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn8Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 712Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 713Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 714Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 715Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 716Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 717Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 718Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 719Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 720Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 721Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 722Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 723Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat24Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 725Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 726Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 727Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 728Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 729Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 730Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 731Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 71Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 72Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 73Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 74Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 75Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 76Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 77Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew8Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 79Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, August 30, 1843

Lunar 一八四三年 · 闰七月初六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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

    Thu

    1843-08-24

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1843-08-30

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. White Dew

    Fri

    1843-09-08

    In 9 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Sun

    1843-09-24

    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

癸卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

庚申

闰七月初六

Day cycle

丙子

涧下水

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteUniversal blessing riteRelocateMove into a homeTravel

Avoid

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

Open for businessExecute an agreementAcquire propertyBuild a stoveBuild a bridge

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚午)马 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

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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