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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 1843

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Lunar month 730Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 77Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn8Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 712Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 713Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 714Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 715Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 716Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 717Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 718Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 719Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 720Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 721Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 722Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 723Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat24Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 725Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 726Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 727Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 728Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 729Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 730Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 731Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 71Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 72Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 73Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 74Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 75Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 76Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 77Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew8Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 79Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, August 7, 1843

Lunar 一八四三年 · 七月十二

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and giving thanks. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    1843-07-23

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1843-08-07

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Tue

    1843-08-08

    In 1 days

  4. End of Heat

    Thu

    1843-08-24

    In 17 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

癸卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

己未

七月十二

Day cycle

癸丑

桑柘木

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Seek medical careTreat illnessDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageTravel

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁未)羊 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 丑不冠带主不还乡

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

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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