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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 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 24, 1877

Lunar 一八七七年 · 七月十六

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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

    Tue

    1877-08-07

    Passed 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1877-08-24

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. White Dew

    Fri

    1877-09-07

    In 14 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Sun

    1877-09-23

    In 30 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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

戊申

七月十六

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenCut garmentsComing-of-age riteMeridian therapyConstructionWelcome a household memberSet a bed

Avoid

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

Funeral processionBurialTravelBuild roof beamsReceive livestockTimber workBuild a bridge

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

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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