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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 1874

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Lunar month 626Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 627Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 628Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 629Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 630Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 67Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn8Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 69Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 610Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 611Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 712Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 713Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 714Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 715Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 716Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 717Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 718Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 719Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 720Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 721Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 722Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat23Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 724Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 725Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 726Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 13, 1874

Lunar 一八七四年 · 七月初二

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Sat

    1874-08-08

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1874-08-13

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sun

    1874-08-23

    In 10 days

  4. White Dew

    Tue

    1874-09-08

    In 26 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

甲戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

壬申

七月初二

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingTreat illnessDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

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

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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