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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 1876

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Lunar month 630Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 631Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 61Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 62Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 63Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 64Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 65Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 66Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn7Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 68Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 69Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 610Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 611Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 612Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 613Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 614Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 615Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 616Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 617Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 618Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 719Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 720Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 721Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 722Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingEnd of Heat23Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 724Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 725Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 726Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 727Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 728Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 729Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 730Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 731Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew7Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 78Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 79Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, August 23, 1876

Lunar 一八七六年 · 七月初五

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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. Start of Autumn

    Mon

    1876-08-07

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1876-08-23

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. White Dew

    Thu

    1876-09-07

    In 15 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Sat

    1876-09-23

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 处暑

Year cycle

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

丙申

七月初五

Day cycle

癸亥

大海水

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Repair wallsLevel roadsMake an offeringBathingBuild a stove

Avoid

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

MarriageLitigationTreat illnessAcquire propertyBuild roof beamsOffer prayersBurialPlantingTimber workInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁巳)蛇 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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