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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

August 2078

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Lunar month 631Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn7Day 30SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 78Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 722Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseEnd of Heat23Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 724Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 725Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 726Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 727Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew7Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 88Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 89Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, August 17, 2078

Lunar 二〇七八年 · 七月初十

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    2078-08-07

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2078-08-17

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. End of Heat

    Tue

    2078-08-23

    In 6 days

  4. White Dew

    Wed

    2078-09-07

    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

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

庚申

七月初十

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageTravelReceive livestockMake an offeringFuneral preparationTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

Build a stoveBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚寅)虎 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

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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