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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 2080

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Lunar month 628Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 629Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 631Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn6Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 67Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 68Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 69Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 610Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 611Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 612Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 613Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 614Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 715Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 716Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 717Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 718Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 719Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 720Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 721Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat22Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 723Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 724Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 725Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 726Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 727Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew7Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, August 16, 2080

Lunar 二〇八〇年 · 七月初二

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

    2080-08-06

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2080-08-16

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. End of Heat

    Thu

    2080-08-22

    In 6 days

  4. White Dew

    Sat

    2080-09-07

    In 22 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

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

甲申

七月初二

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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