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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 1849

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Lunar month 629Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 631Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 67Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn8Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 69Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 610Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 611Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 612Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 613Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 614Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 615Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 616Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 617Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 718Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 719Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 720Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 721Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 722Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat23Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 724Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 725Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 726Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 727Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 77Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew8Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, August 25, 1849

Lunar 一八四九年 · 七月初八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. 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. End of Heat

    Thu

    1849-08-23

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1849-08-25

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. White Dew

    Sat

    1849-09-08

    In 14 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Sun

    1849-09-23

    In 29 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

己酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

壬申

七月初八

Day cycle

癸卯

金箔金

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalTravelOpen for businessMake an offeringOffer prayersRelocateMove into a homeTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁酉)鸡 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

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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