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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 1864

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Lunar month 631Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn7Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 78Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 722Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseEnd of Heat23Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 724Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 725Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 726Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 727Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew7Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 88Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 89Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, August 2, 1864

Lunar 一八六四年 · 七月初一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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. Greater Heat

    Fri

    1864-07-22

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1864-08-02

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Sun

    1864-08-07

    In 5 days

  4. End of Heat

    Tue

    1864-08-23

    In 21 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

大暑 → 立秋

Year cycle

甲子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

辛未

七月初一

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactVisit friends and familyBegin studyMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelLift misfortune

Avoid

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

MarriageBuild a stoveMove the hearthAcquire propertyMove into a homeBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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