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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 2060

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Lunar month 71Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn7Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 78Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 712Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 713Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat22Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 723Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 724Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 826Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 827Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 828Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 829Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 831Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew7Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 88Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 89Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 810Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 811Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 12, 2060

Lunar 二〇六〇年 · 七月十七

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. Start of Autumn

    Sat

    2060-08-07

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2060-08-12

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sun

    2060-08-22

    In 10 days

  4. White Dew

    Tue

    2060-09-07

    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

庚辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

甲申

七月十七

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateLift misfortuneWelcome a household memberTradeExecute an agreementReceive wealthReceive livestock

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialMarriageHaircutTravelMove into a homeRelocateSeparate householdsSet an altarMove the hearth

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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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