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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 2022

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Lunar month 731Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn7Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 78Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 722Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseEnd of Heat23Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 724Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 725Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 726Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 827Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 828Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 831Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew7Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 88Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 89Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, August 6, 2022

Lunar 二〇二二年 · 七月初九

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. 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. Greater Heat

    Sat

    2022-07-23

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2022-08-06

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Sun

    2022-08-07

    In 1 days

  4. End of Heat

    Tue

    2022-08-23

    In 17 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

大暑 → 立秋

Year cycle

壬寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

丁未

七月初九

Day cycle

辛卯

松柏木

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateMove the hearthTravelDismantle

Avoid

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

Dig a wellTimber workReceive livestockPrepare a coffin

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙酉)鸡 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

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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