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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 1874

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TODAY
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Lunar month 626Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 627Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 628Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 629Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 630Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 67Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn8Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 69Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 610Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 611Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 712Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 713Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 714Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 715Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 716Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 717Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 718Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 719Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 720Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 721Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 722Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat23Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 724Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 725Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 726Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, August 26, 1874

Lunar 一八七四年 · 七月十五

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Sun

    1874-08-23

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1874-08-26

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. White Dew

    Tue

    1874-09-08

    In 13 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Wed

    1874-09-23

    In 28 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

甲戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

壬申

七月十五

Day cycle

乙卯

大溪水

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringFuneral preparationMove a coffinMake netsTomb-opening riteBurialEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己酉)鸡 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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