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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 2057

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Lunar month 629Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 630Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 731Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn7Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 78Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 79Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 710Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 711Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 712Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 713Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 714Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 715Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 716Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 717Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 718Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 719Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 720Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 721Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingEnd of Heat22Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 723Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 724Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 725Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 726Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 830Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 831Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew7Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 88Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, August 17, 2057

Lunar 二〇五七年 · 七月十八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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

    Tue

    2057-08-07

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2057-08-17

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. End of Heat

    Wed

    2057-08-22

    In 5 days

  4. White Dew

    Fri

    2057-09-07

    In 21 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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

戊申

七月十八

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenTravelBreak groundSet a bedDig a wellBreak ground for burialTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

Move into a homeBuild roof beamsInstall doorsTimber workConstructionRaise a roof beamFuneral preparationBuild a house

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

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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