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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 2101

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Lunar month 731Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn7Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 78Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 722Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseEnd of Heat23Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 724Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 725Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 726Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 727Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 728Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 729Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 730Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 731Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 71Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 72Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 73Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 74Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 75Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 76Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 77Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew8Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 79Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 710Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, August 1, 2101

Lunar 二一〇一年 · 七月初七

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. Greater Heat

    Sat

    2101-07-23

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2101-08-01

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Sun

    2101-08-07

    In 6 days

  4. End of Heat

    Tue

    2101-08-23

    In 22 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

辛酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

乙未

七月初七

Day cycle

庚辰

白蜡金

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBuild a stoveReceive wealthPlantingReceive livestockWelcome a household member

Avoid

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

BurialMeridian therapyTend a graveBreak ground for burialOpen for businessSet a bedTomb-opening riteErect a memorial

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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