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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 1852

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Lunar month 61Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 62Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 63Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 64Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 65Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 66Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn7Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 68Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 69Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 610Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 611Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 612Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 613Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 614Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 715Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 716Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 717Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 718Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 719Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 720Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 721Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 722Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingEnd of Heat23Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 724Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 725Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 726Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 727Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 728Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 729Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 730Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 731Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew7Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 78Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 79Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 710Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 711Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, August 6, 1852

Lunar 一八五二年 · 六月廿一

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Fri

    1852-07-23

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1852-08-06

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Sat

    1852-08-07

    In 1 days

  4. End of Heat

    Mon

    1852-08-23

    In 17 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

壬子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

丁未

六月廿一

Day cycle

庚子

壁上土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersLift misfortuneGroom nailsSet a bedBathingFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

MarriagePurification riteOpen for businessMove the hearthMove into a homeRelocateTravelBuild a stoveInstall doorsTimber work

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲午)马 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

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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