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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 1873

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Leap lunar month 627Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 628Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 629Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 630Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 631Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 61Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 62Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 63Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 64Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 65Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 66Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn7Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 68Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 69Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 610Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 611Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 612Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 613Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 614Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 615Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 616Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 617Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 618Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 619Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 620Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 621Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 622Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat23Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 724Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 725Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 726Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 727Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, August 20, 1873

Lunar 一八七三年 · 闰六月廿八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. 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

    Thu

    1873-08-07

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1873-08-20

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sat

    1873-08-23

    In 3 days

  4. White Dew

    Sun

    1873-09-07

    In 18 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

癸酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

庚申

闰六月廿八

Day cycle

甲辰

覆灯火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersSeek medical careTreat illnessBreak groundRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

ConsecrateAcupuncture

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊戌)狗 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

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

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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