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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 1876

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Lunar month 630Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 631Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 61Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 62Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 63Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 64Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 65Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 66Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn7Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 68Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 69Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 610Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 611Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 612Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 613Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 614Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 615Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 616Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 617Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 618Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 719Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 720Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 721Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 722Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingEnd of Heat23Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 724Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 725Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 726Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 727Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 728Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 729Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 730Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 731Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew7Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 78Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 79Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, August 26, 1876

Lunar 一八七六年 · 七月初八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. 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. End of Heat

    Wed

    1876-08-23

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1876-08-26

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. White Dew

    Thu

    1876-09-07

    In 12 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Sat

    1876-09-23

    In 28 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

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

丙申

七月初八

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Demolish a houseDemolish wallsTreat illnessAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Offer prayersFormal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMove into a homeBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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