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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

Friday, August 8, 1856

Lunar 一八五六年 · 七月初八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1856-08-08

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sat

    1856-08-23

    In 15 days

  4. White Dew

    Sun

    1856-09-07

    In 30 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

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

丙申

七月初八

Day cycle

癸亥

大海水

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Repair wallsLevel roadsMake an offeringBathingBuild a stove

Avoid

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

MarriageLitigationTreat illnessAcquire propertyBuild roof beamsOffer prayersBurialPlantingTimber workInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁巳)蛇 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

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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