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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 1862

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TODAY
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Lunar month 727Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 77Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn8Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 710Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 711Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 712Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 713Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 714Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 715Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 716Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 717Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 718Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 719Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 720Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 721Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 722Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat23Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 724Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 825Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 826Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 827Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 828Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 829Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 831Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, August 20, 1862

Lunar 一八六二年 · 七月廿五

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Fri

    1862-08-08

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1862-08-20

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sat

    1862-08-23

    In 3 days

  4. White Dew

    Mon

    1862-09-08

    In 19 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

壬戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

戊申

七月廿五

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenTravelBreak groundSet a bedDig a wellBreak ground for burialTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

Move into a homeBuild roof beamsInstall doorsTimber workConstructionRaise a roof beamFuneral preparationBuild a house

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

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

Avoid

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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