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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

Sunday, August 19, 1855

Lunar 一八五五年 · 七月初七

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1855-08-19

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. End of Heat

    Fri

    1855-08-24

    In 5 days

  4. White Dew

    Sat

    1855-09-08

    In 20 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

七月初七

Day cycle

戊辰

大林木

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Install machineryFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateUniversal blessing riteTravelMove the hearth

Avoid

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

Move into a homeMarriageDig a wellAnimal husbandry

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬戌)狗 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

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

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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