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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

August 1873

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Leap lunar month 627Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 628Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 629Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 630Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 631Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 61Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 62Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 63Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 64Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 65Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 66Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn7Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 68Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 69Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 610Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 611Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 612Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 613Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 614Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 615Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 616Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 617Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 618Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 619Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 620Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 621Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 622Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat23Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 724Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 725Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 726Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 727Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 28, 1873

Lunar 一八七三年 · 七月初六

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. 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. End of Heat

    Sat

    1873-08-23

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1873-08-28

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. White Dew

    Sun

    1873-09-07

    In 10 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    1873-09-23

    In 26 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

处暑 → 白露

Year cycle

癸酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

庚申

七月初六

Day cycle

壬子

桑柘木

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringPray for childrenConsecrateTravelTimber workBuild roof beamsMove the hearthLift misfortuneDismantleWelcome a household member

Avoid

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

MarriageRelocate

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙午)马 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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