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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 2031

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Lunar month 627Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 628Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 629Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 631Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 67Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn8Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 69Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 610Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 611Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 612Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 613Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 614Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 615Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 616Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 617Day 30NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 718Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 719Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 720Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 721Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 722Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat23Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 724Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 725Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 726Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 727Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 21, 2031

Lunar 二〇三一年 · 七月初四

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Fri

    2031-08-08

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2031-08-21

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sat

    2031-08-23

    In 2 days

  4. White Dew

    Mon

    2031-09-08

    In 18 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

辛亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

丙申

七月初四

Day cycle

癸巳

长流水

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Sculpture and paintingConsecrateLift misfortuneMake a pactFormal betrothalMarriageMove the hearthConstructionBreak groundRelocate

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁亥)猪 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

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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