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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 1866

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Lunar month 629Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 630Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 67Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn8Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 69Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 710Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 711Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 712Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 713Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 714Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 715Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 716Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 717Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 718Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 719Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 720Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 721Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 722Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat23Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 724Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 725Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 726Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 77Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew8Day 30SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, August 29, 1866

Lunar 一八六六年 · 七月二十

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Thu

    1866-08-23

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1866-08-29

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. White Dew

    Sat

    1866-09-08

    In 10 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Sun

    1866-09-23

    In 25 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

丙寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

丙申

七月二十

Day cycle

丙子

涧下水

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteUniversal blessing riteRelocateMove into a homeTravel

Avoid

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

Open for businessExecute an agreementAcquire propertyBuild a stoveBuild a bridge

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚午)马 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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