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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 2085

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Lunar month 629Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 630Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 631Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 61Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 64Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 65Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 66Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn7Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 68Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 69Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 610Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 611Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 612Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 613Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 614Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 615Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 616Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 617Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 618Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 619Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 720Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 721Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseEnd of Heat22Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 723Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 724Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 725Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 726Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 727Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 728Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 729Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew7Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 78Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 16, 2085

Lunar 二〇八五年 · 六月廿六

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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

    Tue

    2085-08-07

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2085-08-16

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. End of Heat

    Wed

    2085-08-22

    In 6 days

  4. White Dew

    Fri

    2085-09-07

    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

乙巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

甲申

六月廿六

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenTravelLift misfortuneRaise pillarsMove into a home

Avoid

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

PlantingDig a wellBreak groundSet a bedBreak ground for burialAcquire property

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

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

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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