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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 2086

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Lunar month 628Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 629Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 631Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn7Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 68Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat22Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 723Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 724Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 725Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 726Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 727Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew7Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, August 19, 2086

Lunar 二〇八六年 · 七月十一

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Wed

    2086-08-07

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2086-08-19

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. End of Heat

    Thu

    2086-08-22

    In 3 days

  4. White Dew

    Sat

    2086-09-07

    In 19 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

丙午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

丙申

七月十一

Day cycle

庚辰

白蜡金

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteUniversal blessing riteRelocateMove into a homeBreak groundTreat illnessOpen for business

Avoid

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

Formal betrothalMake a pactMeridian therapyFuneral processionBurialVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲戌)狗 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

Favourable

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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