DestiniDaily Insight

Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

August 1852

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
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

Tuesday, August 24, 1852

Lunar 一八五二年 · 七月初十

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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. Start of Autumn

    Sat

    1852-08-07

    Passed 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1852-08-24

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. White Dew

    Tue

    1852-09-07

    In 14 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Thu

    1852-09-23

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

处暑 → 白露

Year cycle

壬子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

戊申

七月初十

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneSet a bedPlantingMove a coffin

Avoid

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

Build a houseFuneral preparationBurialTimber workMove into a homeRelocateAcquire propertyReceive livestock

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

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.

BACK TO HOME