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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 2024

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Lunar month 628Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 629Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 631Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn7Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 78Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 79Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 710Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 711Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 712Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 713Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 714Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 715Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 716Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 717Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 718Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 719Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 720Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 721Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat22Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 723Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 724Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 725Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 726Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 727Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew7Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Lunar 二〇二四年 · 七月十八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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

    Wed

    2024-08-07

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2024-08-21

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. End of Heat

    Thu

    2024-08-22

    In 1 days

  4. White Dew

    Sat

    2024-09-07

    In 17 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

甲辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

壬申

七月十八

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateLift misfortuneWelcome a household memberTradeExecute an agreementReceive wealthReceive livestock

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialMarriageHaircutTravelMove into a homeRelocateSeparate householdsSet an altarMove the hearth

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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