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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 2096

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Lunar month 629Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 631Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn6Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 67Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 68Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 69Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 610Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 611Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 612Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 613Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 614Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 615Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 616Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 617Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 718Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 719Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 720Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 721Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat22Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 723Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 724Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 725Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 726Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 727Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew6Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 77Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 78Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, August 4, 2096

Lunar 二〇九六年 · 六月十六

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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. Greater Heat

    Sun

    2096-07-22

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2096-08-04

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Mon

    2096-08-06

    In 2 days

  4. End of Heat

    Wed

    2096-08-22

    In 18 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

大暑 → 立秋

Year cycle

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

乙未

六月十六

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSeal openingsMake netsHuntingAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

RelocateOpen for businessMove into a homeMarriageConsecrateInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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