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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 1861

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 628Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 629Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 631Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn7Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 78Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 712Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 713Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat23Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 724Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 30SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, August 26, 1861

Lunar 一八六一年 · 七月廿一

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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. End of Heat

    Fri

    1861-08-23

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1861-08-26

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. White Dew

    Sun

    1861-09-08

    In 13 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Mon

    1861-09-23

    In 28 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

处暑 → 白露

Year cycle

辛酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

丙申

七月廿一

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenTravelMove the hearthDismantleConstructionRelocateBreak ground

Avoid

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

Build a houseConsecrateHaircutBuild a boatDig a wellBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 未不服药毒气入肠

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

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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