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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 2025

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Leap lunar month 627Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 628Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 629Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 630Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 631Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 61Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 62Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 63Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 64Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 65Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 66Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn7Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 68Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 69Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 610Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 611Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 612Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 613Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 614Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 615Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 616Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 617Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 618Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 619Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 620Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 621Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 622Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat23Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 724Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 725Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 726Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Lunar 二〇二五年 · 闰六月廿六

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for warm gatherings and deep study. 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

    Thu

    2025-08-07

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2025-08-19

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sat

    2025-08-23

    In 4 days

  4. White Dew

    Sun

    2025-09-07

    In 19 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

乙巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

甲申

闰六月廿六

Day cycle

庚申

石榴木

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringCut garmentsInstall doorsReceive wealthClean the homeTravelWelcome a household memberBuild a stoveReceive livestockBuild animal shelters

Avoid

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

Set a bedBreak groundBurialPrepare a burial plotPrepare a coffin

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲寅)虎 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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