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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 1850

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Lunar month 628Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 629Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 630Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 67Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn8Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 79Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 710Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 711Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 712Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 713Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 714Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 715Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 716Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 717Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 718Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 719Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 720Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 721Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 722Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat23Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 724Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 725Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 726Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, August 2, 1850

Lunar 一八五〇年 · 六月廿五

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

    1850-07-23

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1850-08-02

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Thu

    1850-08-08

    In 6 days

  4. End of Heat

    Fri

    1850-08-23

    In 21 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

庚戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

癸未

六月廿五

Day cycle

乙酉

泉中水

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageConsecrateLift misfortuneSet a bedAnimal husbandryHaircutOpen for businessFuneral preparationTomb-opening riteMove a coffin

Avoid

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

Build a stoveBreak groundRaise a roof beamPlantingMove into a homeRelocateConstructionOffer prayers

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己卯)兔 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

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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