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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

Thursday, August 8, 1872

Lunar 一八七二年 · 七月初五

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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. Greater Heat

    Mon

    1872-07-22

    Passed 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1872-08-08

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. End of Heat

    Fri

    1872-08-23

    In 15 days

  4. White Dew

    Sat

    1872-09-07

    In 30 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

壬申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

戊申

七月初五

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TravelBathingMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsRaise pillarsRaise a roof beamRelocateReceive livestockAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

MarriageInstall doorsBreak groundBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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