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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 1848

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Lunar month 730Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn7Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 78Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 722Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseEnd of Heat23Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 724Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 725Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 726Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 727Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 831Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew7Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 88Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 89Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, August 18, 1848

Lunar 一八四八年 · 七月二十

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    1848-08-07

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1848-08-18

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. End of Heat

    Wed

    1848-08-23

    In 5 days

  4. White Dew

    Thu

    1848-09-07

    In 20 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

戊申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

庚申

七月二十

Day cycle

辛卯

松柏木

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Offer prayersPurification riteTravelComing-of-age riteMarriageCarvingSet roof-post openingsMove into a homeBuild a bridgeOpen for business

Avoid

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

Break groundMake a pactSet a bedDig a pond

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙酉)鸡 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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