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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 1861

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TODAY
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Lunar month 628Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 629Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 631Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn7Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 78Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 712Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 713Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat23Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 724Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 30SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, August 17, 1861

Lunar 一八六一年 · 七月十二

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. 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

    Wed

    1861-08-07

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1861-08-17

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. End of Heat

    Fri

    1861-08-23

    In 6 days

  4. White Dew

    Sun

    1861-09-08

    In 22 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

辛酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

丙申

七月十二

Day cycle

戊戌

平地木

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalTravelVisit friends and familyConstructionRaise a roof beamRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

Open for businessBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬辰)龙 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

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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