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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 2021

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Lunar month 61Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 64Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 65Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 66Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn7Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 78Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 710Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 711Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 712Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 713Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 714Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 715Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 716Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 717Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 718Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 719Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 720Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 721Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 722Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat23Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 724Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 725Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 726Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 727Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 728Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 729Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 30Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew7Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 88Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 89Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 810Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 811Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, August 16, 2021

Lunar 二〇二一年 · 七月初九

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. 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

    Sat

    2021-08-07

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2021-08-16

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. End of Heat

    Mon

    2021-08-23

    In 7 days

  4. White Dew

    Tue

    2021-09-07

    In 22 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

辛丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

丙申

七月初九

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageTravelReceive livestockMake an offeringFuneral preparationTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

Build a stoveBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚寅)虎 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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