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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 1824

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Lunar month 71Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn7Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 78Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 722Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseEnd of Heat23Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 724Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 725Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 726Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 727Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 728Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 729Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 730Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 731Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 71Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 72Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 73Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 74Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 75Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 76Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 77Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew8Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 79Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 710Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 711Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, August 20, 1824

Lunar 一八二四年 · 七月廿六

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

    Sat

    1824-08-07

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1824-08-20

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. End of Heat

    Mon

    1824-08-23

    In 3 days

  4. White Dew

    Wed

    1824-09-08

    In 19 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

甲申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

壬申

七月廿六

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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