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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 2040

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Lunar month 629Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 631Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn7Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 78Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 79Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 710Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 711Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 712Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 713Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 714Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 715Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 716Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 717Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 718Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 719Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 720Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 721Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat22Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 723Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 724Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 725Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 726Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 727Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew7Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 88Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, August 21, 2040

Lunar 二〇四〇年 · 七月十四

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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

    Tue

    2040-08-07

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2040-08-21

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. End of Heat

    Wed

    2040-08-22

    In 1 days

  4. White Dew

    Fri

    2040-09-07

    In 17 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

庚申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

甲申

七月十四

Day cycle

辛巳

白蜡金

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalBuild a stoveComing-of-age riteCut garmentsVisit friends and familyReceive livestockAnimal husbandryInstall machinery

Avoid

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

Dig a wellTravelBreak ground for burialFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙亥)猪 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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