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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 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

Wednesday, August 16, 2056

Lunar 二〇五六年 · 七月初六

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2056-08-16

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. End of Heat

    Tue

    2056-08-22

    In 6 days

  4. White Dew

    Thu

    2056-09-07

    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

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

丙申

七月初六

Day cycle

庚子

壁上土

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteBreak groundRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

Open for businessBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲午)马 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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