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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 1877

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Lunar month 629Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 631Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 66Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn7Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 68Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 712Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 713Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat23Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 724Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew7Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 88Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, August 10, 1877

Lunar 一八七七年 · 七月初二

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. Start of Autumn

    Tue

    1877-08-07

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1877-08-10

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. End of Heat

    Thu

    1877-08-23

    In 13 days

  4. White Dew

    Fri

    1877-09-07

    In 28 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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

戊申

七月初二

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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