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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

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Lunar 二〇二五年 · 七月初五

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. End of Heat

    Sat

    2025-08-23

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2025-08-27

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. White Dew

    Sun

    2025-09-07

    In 11 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    2025-09-23

    In 27 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

乙巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

甲申

七月初五

Day cycle

戊辰

大林木

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Install machineryFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateUniversal blessing riteTravelMove the hearth

Avoid

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

Move into a homeMarriageDig a wellAnimal husbandry

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬戌)狗 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

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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