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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

Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Lunar 二〇二一年 · 七月十一

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2021-08-18

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. End of Heat

    Mon

    2021-08-23

    In 5 days

  4. White Dew

    Tue

    2021-09-07

    In 20 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

七月十一

Day cycle

戊戌

平地木

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalTravelVisit friends and familyConstructionRaise a roof beamRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

Open for businessBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬辰)龙 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

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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