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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 2027

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Lunar month 61Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 77Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn8Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 712Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 713Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat23Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 724Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew8Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 89Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 810Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 811Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, August 9, 2027

Lunar 二〇二七年 · 七月初八

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. Greater Heat

    Fri

    2027-07-23

    Passed 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2027-08-09

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. End of Heat

    Mon

    2027-08-23

    In 14 days

  4. White Dew

    Wed

    2027-09-08

    In 30 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

丁未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

戊申

七月初八

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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