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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 1870

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Lunar month 731Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 77Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn8Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 710Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 711Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 712Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 713Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 714Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 715Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 716Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 717Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 718Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 719Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 720Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 721Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 722Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat23Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 724Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 725Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 726Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 827Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 828Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 829Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 831Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 87Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew8Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 89Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 810Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, August 20, 1870

Lunar 一八七〇年 · 七月廿四

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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. Start of Autumn

    Mon

    1870-08-08

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1870-08-20

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. End of Heat

    Tue

    1870-08-23

    In 3 days

  4. White Dew

    Thu

    1870-09-08

    In 19 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

庚午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

甲申

七月廿四

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersUniversal blessing riteConsecrateSet an altarMove the hearthRelocate

Avoid

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

Open for businessExecute an agreementReceive wealthBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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