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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 1865

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Lunar month 630Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 631Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn7Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 68Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 69Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 610Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 611Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 612Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 613Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 614Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 615Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 616Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 617Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 618Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 619Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 620Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 721Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 722Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat23Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 724Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 725Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 726Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 727Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 77Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew8Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, August 19, 1865

Lunar 一八六五年 · 六月廿八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    1865-08-07

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1865-08-19

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. End of Heat

    Wed

    1865-08-23

    In 4 days

  4. White Dew

    Fri

    1865-09-08

    In 20 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

乙丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

甲申

六月廿八

Day cycle

辛酉

石榴木

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneDismantleConstructionBreak groundLay foundationsRaise a roof beamSet a bedInstall doorsDig a channel

Avoid

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

MarriageTravelWelcome a household memberBuild a stoveMove into a homeRelocatePlantingTake office

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙卯)兔 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

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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