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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 1857

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Lunar month 626Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 627Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 628Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 629Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 631Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn7Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 68Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 69Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 610Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 611Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 612Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 613Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 614Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 615Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 616Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 617Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 618Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 619Day 30NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 720Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 721Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 722Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat23Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 724Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 725Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 726Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 727Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, August 15, 1857

Lunar 一八五七年 · 六月廿六

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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

    Fri

    1857-08-07

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1857-08-15

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sun

    1857-08-23

    In 8 days

  4. White Dew

    Tue

    1857-09-08

    In 24 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

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

戊申

六月廿六

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringHaircutBuild a stoveBathingRepair wallsLevel roads

Avoid

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

MarriagePlantingOffer prayersBuild a bridgeBurialInstall doorsTimber workBuild roof beams

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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