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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

August 2056

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Lunar month 630Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 631Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn7Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 68Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 69Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 610Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 711Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 712Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 713Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 714Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 715Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 716Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 717Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 718Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 719Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 720Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 721Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat22Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 723Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 724Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 725Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 726Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 727Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew7Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 78Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, August 12, 2056

Lunar 二〇五六年 · 七月初二

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Mon

    2056-08-07

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2056-08-12

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. End of Heat

    Tue

    2056-08-22

    In 10 days

  4. White Dew

    Thu

    2056-09-07

    In 26 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

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

丙申

七月初二

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageTravelReceive livestockMake an offeringFuneral preparationTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

Build a stoveBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚寅)虎 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

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

Avoid

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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