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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

Saturday, August 10, 1850

Lunar 一八五〇年 · 七月初三

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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. Start of Autumn

    Thu

    1850-08-08

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1850-08-10

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. End of Heat

    Fri

    1850-08-23

    In 13 days

  4. White Dew

    Sun

    1850-09-08

    In 29 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

立秋 → 处暑

Year cycle

庚戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

甲申

七月初三

Day cycle

癸巳

长流水

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Sculpture and paintingConsecrateLift misfortuneMake a pactFormal betrothalMarriageMove the hearthConstructionBreak groundRelocate

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁亥)猪 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

Favourable

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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