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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

Tuesday, August 13, 1850

Lunar 一八五〇年 · 七月初六

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. Start of Autumn

    Thu

    1850-08-08

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1850-08-13

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. End of Heat

    Fri

    1850-08-23

    In 10 days

  4. White Dew

    Sun

    1850-09-08

    In 26 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

七月初六

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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