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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 1854

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Lunar month 730Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 77Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn8Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 710Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 711Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 712Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 713Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 714Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 715Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 716Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 717Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 718Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 719Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 720Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 721Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 722Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat23Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 724Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 725Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 726Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 727Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 728Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 729Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 730Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 731Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 71Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 72Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 73Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 74Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 75Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 76Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 77Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew8Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 79Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, August 15, 1854

Lunar 一八五四年 · 七月廿二

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and warm gatherings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Tue

    1854-08-08

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1854-08-15

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. End of Heat

    Wed

    1854-08-23

    In 8 days

  4. White Dew

    Fri

    1854-09-08

    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

甲寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

壬申

七月廿二

Day cycle

己未

天上火

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBreak groundBuild a dikeDig a pondVisit friends and familySeal openingsFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

ConsecrateTravelConstructionRaise a roof beamMove into a homeInstall doorsBuild a stoveCut garments

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸丑)牛 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

Favourable

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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