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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 2100

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Lunar month 61Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 64Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 65Day 30NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn7Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 78Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 710Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 711Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 712Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 713Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 714Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 715Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 716Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 717Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 718Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 719Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 720Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 721Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 722Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat23Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 724Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 725Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 726Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 727Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 728Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 729Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew7Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 88Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 89Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 810Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 811Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, August 17, 2100

Lunar 二一〇〇年 · 七月十二

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Sat

    2100-08-07

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2100-08-17

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. End of Heat

    Mon

    2100-08-23

    In 6 days

  4. White Dew

    Tue

    2100-09-07

    In 21 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

庚申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

甲申

七月十二

Day cycle

辛卯

松柏木

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Offer prayersPurification riteTravelComing-of-age riteMarriageCarvingSet roof-post openingsMove into a homeBuild a bridgeOpen for business

Avoid

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

Break groundMake a pactSet a bedDig a pond

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙酉)鸡 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

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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