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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 1871

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Lunar month 630Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 631Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 67Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn8Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 69Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 610Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 611Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 612Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 613Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 614Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 615Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 722Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseEnd of Heat23Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 724Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 725Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 726Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 727Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 77Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew8Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, August 16, 1871

Lunar 一八七一年 · 七月初一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and warm gatherings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Tue

    1871-08-08

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1871-08-16

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. End of Heat

    Wed

    1871-08-23

    In 7 days

  4. White Dew

    Fri

    1871-09-08

    In 23 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

辛未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

丙申

七月初一

Day cycle

己丑

霹雳火

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringCaptureHuntingReceive livestockAnimal husbandryFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactOpen for businessMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸未)羊 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 丑不冠带主不还乡

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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