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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 2029

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Lunar month 629Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 630Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 631Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 61Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 64Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 65Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 66Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn7Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 68Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 69Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 710Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 711Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 712Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 713Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 714Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 715Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 716Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 717Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 718Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 719Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 720Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 721Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 722Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat23Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 724Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 725Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 726Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 727Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 728Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 729Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew7Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 88Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, August 10, 2029

Lunar 二〇二九年 · 七月初一

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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

    Tue

    2029-08-07

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2029-08-10

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. End of Heat

    Thu

    2029-08-23

    In 13 days

  4. White Dew

    Fri

    2029-09-07

    In 28 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

己酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

壬申

七月初一

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenTravelLift misfortuneRaise pillarsMove into a home

Avoid

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

PlantingDig a wellBreak groundSet a bedBreak ground for burialAcquire property

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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