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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 2103

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Lunar month 629Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 630Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 77Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn8Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 79Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 710Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 711Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 712Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 713Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 714Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 715Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 716Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 717Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 718Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 719Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 720Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 721Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 722Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 723Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat24Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 725Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 726Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew8Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 2, 2103

Lunar 二一〇三年 · 六月三十

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. Greater Heat

    Mon

    2103-07-23

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2103-08-02

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Wed

    2103-08-08

    In 6 days

  4. End of Heat

    Fri

    2103-08-24

    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

癸亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

己未

六月三十

Day cycle

辛卯

松柏木

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateMove the hearthTravelDismantle

Avoid

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

Dig a wellTimber workReceive livestockPrepare a coffin

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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