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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 2052

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Lunar month 728Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 729Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn7Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 78Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 712Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 713Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat22Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 723Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 824Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 825Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 826Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 827Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 828Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 829Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 831Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew7Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, August 24, 2052

Lunar 二〇五二年 · 八月初一

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. End of Heat

    Thu

    2052-08-22

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2052-08-24

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. White Dew

    Sat

    2052-09-07

    In 14 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Sun

    2052-09-22

    In 29 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

处暑 → 白露

Year cycle

壬申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

戊申

八月初一

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TravelBathingMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsRaise pillarsRaise a roof beamRelocateReceive livestockAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

MarriageInstall doorsBreak groundBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

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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