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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 2049

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TODAY
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 71Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn7Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 78Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 79Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 710Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 711Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 712Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 713Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 714Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 715Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 716Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 717Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 718Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 719Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 720Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 721Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingEnd of Heat22Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 723Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 724Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 725Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 726Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 828Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 829Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 831Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew7Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 88Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 89Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 810Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 811Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, August 16, 2049

Lunar 二〇四九年 · 七月十八

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

    Sat

    2049-08-07

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2049-08-16

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sun

    2049-08-22

    In 6 days

  4. White Dew

    Tue

    2049-09-07

    In 22 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

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

壬申

七月十八

Day cycle

癸亥

大海水

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Repair wallsLevel roadsMake an offeringBathingBuild a stove

Avoid

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

MarriageLitigationTreat illnessAcquire propertyBuild roof beamsOffer prayersBurialPlantingTimber workInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁巳)蛇 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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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