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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 1856

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Lunar month 627Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 628Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 629Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 631Day 30NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn7Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 78Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 722Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseEnd of Heat23Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 724Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 725Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 726Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 727Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 831Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 7, 1856

Lunar 一八五六年 · 七月初七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. 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. Greater Heat

    Wed

    1856-07-23

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1856-08-07

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sat

    1856-08-23

    In 16 days

  4. White Dew

    Sun

    1856-09-07

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 立秋

Year cycle

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

丙申

七月初七

Day cycle

壬戌

大海水

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneSet an altarMove the hearthDismantleMove into a homeRelocate

Avoid

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

Timber workThanksgiving riteFuneral processionMake an offeringBuild a stoveBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialOffer prayers

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙辰)龙 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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