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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 2036

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Leap lunar month 627Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 628Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 629Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 630Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 631Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 61Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 62Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 63Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 64Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 65Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 66Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn7Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 68Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 69Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 610Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 611Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 612Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 613Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 614Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 615Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 616Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 617Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 618Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 619Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 620Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 621Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat22Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 723Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 724Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, August 18, 2036

Lunar 二〇三六年 · 闰六月廿七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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

    Thu

    2036-08-07

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2036-08-18

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. End of Heat

    Fri

    2036-08-22

    In 4 days

  4. White Dew

    Sun

    2036-09-07

    In 20 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

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

丙申

闰六月廿七

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateLift misfortuneWelcome a household memberTradeExecute an agreementReceive wealthReceive livestock

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialMarriageHaircutTravelMove into a homeRelocateSeparate householdsSet an altarMove the hearth

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Avoid

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

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

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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