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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 1858

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Lunar month 61Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 67Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn8Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 79Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 710Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 711Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 712Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 713Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 714Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 715Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 716Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 717Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 718Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 719Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 720Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 721Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 722Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat23Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 724Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 725Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 726Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew8Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 89Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 810Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 811Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, August 15, 1858

Lunar 一八五八年 · 七月初七

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. 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

    Sun

    1858-08-08

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1858-08-15

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. End of Heat

    Mon

    1858-08-23

    In 8 days

  4. White Dew

    Wed

    1858-09-08

    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

戊午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

庚申

七月初七

Day cycle

庚辰

白蜡金

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteUniversal blessing riteRelocateMove into a homeBreak groundTreat illnessOpen for business

Avoid

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

Formal betrothalMake a pactMeridian therapyFuneral processionBurialVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲戌)狗 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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