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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 1855

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Lunar month 629Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 631Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 67Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn8Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 69Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 610Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 611Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 612Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 722Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 723Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat24Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 725Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 726Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 727Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 77Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew8Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, August 18, 1855

Lunar 一八五五年 · 七月初六

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. 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

    Wed

    1855-08-08

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1855-08-18

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. End of Heat

    Fri

    1855-08-24

    In 6 days

  4. White Dew

    Sat

    1855-09-08

    In 21 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

乙卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

甲申

七月初六

Day cycle

丁卯

炉中火

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageConsecrateMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenSet an altarMove the hearthLift misfortuneTimber workMove into a home

Avoid

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

Dig a wellHaircutBuild a stoveBreak groundBreak ground for burialDig a pond

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛酉)鸡 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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