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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 2071

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Lunar month 626Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn7Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 78Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 79Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 710Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 711Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 712Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 713Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 714Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 715Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 716Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 717Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 718Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 719Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 720Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 721Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 722Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat23Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 724Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 825Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 826Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 827Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 828Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 831Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, August 4, 2071

Lunar 二〇七一年 · 七月初九

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. Greater Heat

    Thu

    2071-07-23

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2071-08-04

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Fri

    2071-08-07

    In 3 days

  4. End of Heat

    Sun

    2071-08-23

    In 19 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

大暑 → 立秋

Year cycle

辛卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

乙未

七月初九

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurialSeal openingsPest control

Avoid

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

Open for businessMove into a homeMarriageConsecrateBuild 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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