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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 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

Friday, August 26, 2022

Lunar 二〇二二年 · 七月廿九

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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. End of Heat

    Tue

    2022-08-23

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2022-08-26

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. White Dew

    Wed

    2022-09-07

    In 12 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Fri

    2022-09-23

    In 28 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

壬寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

戊申

七月廿九

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Build a stoveBathingRepair wallsLevel roadsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

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

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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