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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 1826

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Lunar month 630Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 77Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn8Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 79Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 710Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 711Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 712Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 713Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 714Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 715Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 716Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 717Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 718Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 719Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 720Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 721Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 722Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 723Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat24Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 725Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 726Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew8Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 89Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, August 5, 1826

Lunar 一八二六年 · 七月初二

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Sun

    1826-07-23

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1826-08-05

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Tue

    1826-08-08

    In 3 days

  4. End of Heat

    Thu

    1826-08-24

    In 19 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

丙戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

乙未

七月初二

Day cycle

壬午

杨柳木

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringFuneral preparationBreak ground for burialEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinTomb-opening riteBurialThanksgiving riteAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙子)鼠 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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