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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 1879

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Lunar month 627Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 628Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 629Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 631Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 67Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn8Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 69Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 610Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 611Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 612Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 613Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 614Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 615Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 616Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 617Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 722Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseEnd of Heat23Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 724Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 725Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 726Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 727Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, August 2, 1879

Lunar 一八七九年 · 六月十五

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

    Wed

    1879-07-23

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1879-08-02

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Fri

    1879-08-08

    In 6 days

  4. End of Heat

    Sat

    1879-08-23

    In 21 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

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

辛未

六月十五

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateSeek medical careTreat illnessMarriageVisit friends and familyRelease waterDig a wellAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Build a houseMove into a homeBuild a stoveBegin studyBurialFuneral procession

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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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