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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

Saturday, August 5, 2028

Lunar 二〇二八年 · 六月十五

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. 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. Greater Heat

    Sat

    2028-07-22

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2028-08-05

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Mon

    2028-08-07

    In 2 days

  4. End of Heat

    Tue

    2028-08-22

    In 17 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

六月十五

Day cycle

壬戌

大海水

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringComing-of-age riteMarriageCaptureMake netsHuntingFishingAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙辰)龙 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

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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