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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

Wednesday, August 15, 1877

Lunar 一八七七年 · 七月初七

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for warm gatherings and deep study. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1877-08-15

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. End of Heat

    Thu

    1877-08-23

    In 8 days

  4. White Dew

    Fri

    1877-09-07

    In 23 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

七月初七

Day cycle

庚申

石榴木

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringCut garmentsInstall doorsReceive wealthClean the homeTravelWelcome a household memberBuild a stoveReceive livestockBuild animal shelters

Avoid

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

Set a bedBreak groundBurialPrepare a burial plotPrepare a coffin

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲寅)虎 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

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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