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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

Friday, August 18, 1854

Lunar 一八五四年 · 七月廿五

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1854-08-18

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. End of Heat

    Wed

    1854-08-23

    In 5 days

  4. White Dew

    Fri

    1854-09-08

    In 21 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

七月廿五

Day cycle

壬戌

大海水

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneSet an altarMove the hearthDismantleMove into a homeRelocate

Avoid

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

Timber workThanksgiving riteFuneral processionMake an offeringBuild a stoveBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialOffer prayers

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙辰)龙 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

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

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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