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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 15, 1851

Lunar 一八五一年 · 七月十九

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. Start of Autumn

    Fri

    1851-08-08

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1851-08-15

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sun

    1851-08-24

    In 9 days

  4. White Dew

    Mon

    1851-09-08

    In 24 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

辛亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

丙申

七月十九

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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