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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 1859

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Lunar month 731Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 77Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn8Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 712Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 713Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 714Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 715Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 716Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 717Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 718Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 719Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 720Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 721Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 722Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 723Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat24Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 725Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 726Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 727Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 828Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 829Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 831Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew8Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 89Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 810Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, August 16, 1859

Lunar 一八五九年 · 七月十八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for deep study and thoughtful travel. 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

    Mon

    1859-08-08

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1859-08-16

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. End of Heat

    Wed

    1859-08-24

    In 8 days

  4. White Dew

    Thu

    1859-09-08

    In 23 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

己未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

壬申

七月十八

Day cycle

丙戌

屋上土

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Sculpture and paintingComing-of-age riteMarriageVisit friends and familyWelcome a household memberMeridian therapyCut garmentsPlantingReceive livestockAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Offer prayersOpen for businessBreak groundFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚辰)龙 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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