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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 1872

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Lunar month 628Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 629Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 631Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn7Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 78Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 722Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseEnd of Heat23Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 724Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 725Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 726Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 727Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew7Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, August 4, 1872

Lunar 一八七二年 · 七月初一

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and giving thanks. 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. Greater Heat

    Mon

    1872-07-22

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1872-08-04

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Wed

    1872-08-07

    In 3 days

  4. End of Heat

    Fri

    1872-08-23

    In 19 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

壬申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

丁未

七月初一

Day cycle

癸未

杨柳木

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringTravelTradeHarvest honeyBuild animal shelters

Avoid

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

MarriageBuild a stoveBurialBreak groundLitigationBuild roof beamsTimber workDig a wellBreak ground for burialRelocate

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁丑)牛 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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