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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 1869

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Lunar month 61Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 66Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn7Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 78Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 712Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 713Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat23Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 724Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew7Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 88Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 89Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 810Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 811Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, August 17, 1869

Lunar 一八六九年 · 七月初十

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Sat

    1869-08-07

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1869-08-17

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. End of Heat

    Mon

    1869-08-23

    In 6 days

  4. White Dew

    Tue

    1869-09-07

    In 21 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

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

壬申

七月初十

Day cycle

庚辰

白蜡金

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteUniversal blessing riteRelocateMove into a homeBreak groundTreat illnessOpen for business

Avoid

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

Formal betrothalMake a pactMeridian therapyFuneral processionBurialVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲戌)狗 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

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

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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