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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 2028

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Lunar month 630Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 631Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 66Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn7Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 68Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 69Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 610Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 611Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 612Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 613Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 614Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 615Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 616Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 617Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 618Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 619Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat22Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 723Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 724Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew7Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 78Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, August 2, 2028

Lunar 二〇二八年 · 六月十二

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and warm gatherings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Sat

    2028-07-22

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2028-08-02

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Mon

    2028-08-07

    In 5 days

  4. End of Heat

    Tue

    2028-08-22

    In 20 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

大暑 → 立秋

Year cycle

戊申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

己未

六月十二

Day cycle

己未

天上火

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessReceive wealthMake an offeringSculpture and paintingInstall machineryComing-of-age riteVisit friends and familyCut garmentsOpen a storehouseMeridian therapy

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialBurialTreat illness

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸丑)牛 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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