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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 2061

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Lunar month 631Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 61Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 64Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 65Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 66Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn7Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 68Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 69Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 610Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 611Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 612Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 613Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 614Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 715Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 716Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 717Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 718Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 719Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 720Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 721Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseEnd of Heat22Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 723Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 724Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 725Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 726Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 727Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 728Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 729Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew7Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 78Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, August 17, 2061

Lunar 二〇六一年 · 七月初三

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Sun

    2061-08-07

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2061-08-17

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. End of Heat

    Mon

    2061-08-22

    In 5 days

  4. White Dew

    Wed

    2061-09-07

    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

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丙申

七月初三

Day cycle

丁卯

炉中火

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageConsecrateMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenSet an altarMove the hearthLift misfortuneTimber workMove into a home

Avoid

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

Dig a wellHaircutBuild a stoveBreak groundBreak ground for burialDig a pond

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛酉)鸡 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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