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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 1854

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Lunar month 730Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 77Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn8Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 710Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 711Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 712Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 713Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 714Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 715Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 716Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 717Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 718Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 719Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 720Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 721Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 722Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat23Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 724Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 725Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 726Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 727Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 728Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 729Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 730Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 731Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 71Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 72Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 73Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 74Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 75Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 76Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 77Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew8Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 79Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, August 13, 1854

Lunar 一八五四年 · 七月二十

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

    Tue

    1854-08-08

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1854-08-13

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. End of Heat

    Wed

    1854-08-23

    In 10 days

  4. White Dew

    Fri

    1854-09-08

    In 26 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

甲寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

壬申

七月二十

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateLift misfortuneWelcome a household memberTradeExecute an agreementReceive wealthReceive livestock

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialMarriageHaircutTravelMove into a homeRelocateSeparate householdsSet an altarMove the hearth

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

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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