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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 1860

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Lunar month 629Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 630Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 631Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 61Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 62Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 63Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 64Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 65Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 66Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn7Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 68Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 69Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 610Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 611Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 612Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 613Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 614Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 615Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 616Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 717Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 718Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 719Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 720Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 721Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 722Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingEnd of Heat23Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 724Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 725Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 726Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 727Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 728Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 729Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 730Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 731Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew7Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 78Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, August 7, 1860

Lunar 一八六〇年 · 六月廿一

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and giving thanks. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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. Greater Heat

    Mon

    1860-07-23

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1860-08-07

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. End of Heat

    Thu

    1860-08-23

    In 16 days

  4. White Dew

    Fri

    1860-09-07

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 立秋

Year cycle

庚申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

甲申

六月廿一

Day cycle

癸未

杨柳木

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageUniversal blessing riteMake an offeringOffer prayersMend wallsSeal openingsPest controlBuild a dikeFuneral preparationEnd mourning dress

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialDig a wellConsecrateRaise a roof beamLitigation

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁丑)牛 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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