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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 1851

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Lunar month 627Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 77Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn8Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 712Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 713Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 714Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 715Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 716Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 717Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 718Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 719Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 720Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 721Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 722Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 723Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat24Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 725Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 726Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 827Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 828Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 829Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 831Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, August 8, 1851

Lunar 一八五一年 · 七月十二

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. Greater Heat

    Wed

    1851-07-23

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1851-08-08

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sun

    1851-08-24

    In 16 days

  4. White Dew

    Mon

    1851-09-08

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 立秋

Year cycle

辛亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

丙申

七月十二

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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