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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 1864

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Lunar month 631Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn7Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 78Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 722Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseEnd of Heat23Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 724Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 725Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 726Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 727Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew7Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 88Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 89Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, August 3, 1864

Lunar 一八六四年 · 七月初二

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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. Greater Heat

    Fri

    1864-07-22

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1864-08-03

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Sun

    1864-08-07

    In 4 days

  4. End of Heat

    Tue

    1864-08-23

    In 20 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

大暑 → 立秋

Year cycle

甲子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

辛未

七月初二

Day cycle

庚子

壁上土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersLift misfortuneGroom nailsSet a bedBathingFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

MarriagePurification riteOpen for businessMove the hearthMove into a homeRelocateTravelBuild a stoveInstall doorsTimber work

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲午)马 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

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

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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