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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 1856

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Lunar month 627Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 628Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 629Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 631Day 30NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn7Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 78Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 722Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseEnd of Heat23Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 724Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 725Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 726Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 727Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 831Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, August 30, 1856

Lunar 一八五六年 · 八月初一

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. 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. End of Heat

    Sat

    1856-08-23

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1856-08-30

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. White Dew

    Sun

    1856-09-07

    In 8 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    1856-09-23

    In 24 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

处暑 → 白露

Year cycle

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

丙申

八月初一

Day cycle

乙酉

泉中水

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingHaircutGroom nailsComing-of-age riteLift misfortuneFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

MarriageTravelMove into a homeOpen for businessInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己卯)兔 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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