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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 1882

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Lunar month 630Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 67Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn8Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 69Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 610Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 611Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 612Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 613Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 714Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 715Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 716Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 717Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 718Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 719Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 720Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 721Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 722Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat23Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 724Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 725Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 726Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 77Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew8Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 79Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, August 16, 1882

Lunar 一八八二年 · 七月初三

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. Start of Autumn

    Tue

    1882-08-08

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1882-08-16

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. End of Heat

    Wed

    1882-08-23

    In 7 days

  4. White Dew

    Fri

    1882-09-08

    In 23 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

壬午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

戊申

七月初三

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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