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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

Thursday, August 18, 2101

Lunar 二一〇一年 · 七月廿四

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. 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

    Sun

    2101-08-07

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2101-08-18

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. End of Heat

    Tue

    2101-08-23

    In 5 days

  4. White Dew

    Thu

    2101-09-08

    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

辛酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

丙申

七月廿四

Day cycle

丁酉

山下火

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersConstructionBreak groundRaise a roof beamBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for business

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛卯)兔 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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