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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

Friday, August 23, 2086

Lunar 二〇八六年 · 七月十五

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. 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

    Wed

    2086-08-07

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2086-08-23

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. White Dew

    Sat

    2086-09-07

    In 15 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Sun

    2086-09-22

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

处暑 → 白露

Year cycle

丙午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

丙申

七月十五

Day cycle

甲申

泉中水

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageComing-of-age riteMake an offeringBathingUniversal blessing riteTravelReceive wealthClean the homeReceive livestockTake office

Avoid

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

Open for businessBreak groundBreak ground for burialSet a bedOpen a storehouseRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊寅)虎 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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