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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 1867

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Lunar month 628Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 629Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 630Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 77Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn8Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 712Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 713Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 714Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 715Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 716Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 717Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 718Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 719Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 720Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 721Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 722Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingEnd of Heat23Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 724Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 725Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 726Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 727Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 728Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 829Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 831Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, August 5, 1867

Lunar 一八六七年 · 七月初六

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Tue

    1867-07-23

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1867-08-05

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Thu

    1867-08-08

    In 3 days

  4. End of Heat

    Fri

    1867-08-23

    In 18 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

丁卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

丁未

七月初六

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateSeek medical careTreat illnessMarriageVisit friends and familyRelease waterDig a wellAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Build a houseMove into a homeBuild a stoveBegin studyBurialFuneral procession

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

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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