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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 1825

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Lunar month 631Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 67Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn8Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 69Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 610Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 611Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 612Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 613Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 714Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 715Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 716Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 717Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 718Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 719Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 720Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 721Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 722Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat23Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 724Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 725Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 726Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 727Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 77Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew8Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, August 21, 1825

Lunar 一八二五年 · 七月初八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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

    Mon

    1825-08-08

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1825-08-21

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. End of Heat

    Tue

    1825-08-23

    In 2 days

  4. White Dew

    Thu

    1825-09-08

    In 18 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

乙酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

甲申

七月初八

Day cycle

癸巳

长流水

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Sculpture and paintingConsecrateLift misfortuneMake a pactFormal betrothalMarriageMove the hearthConstructionBreak groundRelocate

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁亥)猪 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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