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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 1847

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Lunar month 61Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 67Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn8Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 69Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 610Day 30Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 722Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 723Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat24Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 725Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 726Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 727Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 77Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew8Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 89Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 811Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, August 29, 1847

Lunar 一八四七年 · 七月十九

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. End of Heat

    Tue

    1847-08-24

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1847-08-29

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. White Dew

    Wed

    1847-09-08

    In 10 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Fri

    1847-09-24

    In 26 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

丁未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

戊申

七月十九

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageTravelReceive livestockMake an offeringFuneral preparationTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

Build a stoveBreak groundBreak ground for burial

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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