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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

Wednesday, August 18, 1869

Lunar 一八六九年 · 七月十一

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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. Start of Autumn

    Sat

    1869-08-07

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1869-08-18

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. End of Heat

    Mon

    1869-08-23

    In 5 days

  4. White Dew

    Tue

    1869-09-07

    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

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

壬申

七月十一

Day cycle

辛巳

白蜡金

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalBuild a stoveComing-of-age riteCut garmentsVisit friends and familyReceive livestockAnimal husbandryInstall machinery

Avoid

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

Dig a wellTravelBreak ground for burialFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙亥)猪 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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