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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 1868

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Lunar month 626Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 627Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 628Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 629Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 630Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 631Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 61Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 62Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 63Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 64Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 65Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 66Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn7Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 68Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 69Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 610Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 611Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 612Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 613Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 614Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 615Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 616Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 617Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 718Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 719Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 720Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 721Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 722Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingEnd of Heat23Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 724Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 725Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 726Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 727Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 728Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 729Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 730Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 731Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 6, 1868

Lunar 一八六八年 · 六月十八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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. Greater Heat

    Wed

    1868-07-22

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1868-08-06

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Fri

    1868-08-07

    In 1 days

  4. End of Heat

    Sun

    1868-08-23

    In 17 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

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

己未

六月十八

Day cycle

甲子

海中金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersLift misfortuneBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

MarriageRelocateMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊午)马 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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