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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 1844

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Lunar month 628Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 629Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 630Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 631Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 61Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 62Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 63Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 64Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 65Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 66Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn7Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 68Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 69Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 610Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 611Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 612Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 613Day 30NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 714Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 715Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 716Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 717Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 718Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 719Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 720Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 721Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 722Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingEnd of Heat23Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 724Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 725Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 726Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 727Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 728Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 729Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 730Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 731Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew7Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, August 3, 1844

Lunar 一八四四年 · 六月二十

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. 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. Greater Heat

    Tue

    1844-07-23

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1844-08-03

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Wed

    1844-08-07

    In 4 days

  4. End of Heat

    Fri

    1844-08-23

    In 20 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

甲辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

辛未

六月二十

Day cycle

乙卯

大溪水

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteTravelFormal betrothalMake a pactInstall machineryMove the hearthDismantleConstruction

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessPlantingPrepare a coffin

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己酉)鸡 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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