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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 2102

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Lunar month 630Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 631Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 67Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn8Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 69Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 610Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 611Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 612Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 613Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 714Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 715Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 716Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 717Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 718Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 719Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 720Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 721Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 722Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat23Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 724Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 725Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 726Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 727Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 77Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew8Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, August 18, 2102

Lunar 二一〇二年 · 七月初五

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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

    Tue

    2102-08-08

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2102-08-18

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. End of Heat

    Wed

    2102-08-23

    In 5 days

  4. White Dew

    Fri

    2102-09-08

    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

壬戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

戊申

七月初五

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingTreat illnessDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

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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