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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 2103

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TODAY
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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

Saturday, August 4, 2103

Lunar 二一〇三年 · 七月初二

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2103-08-04

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Wed

    2103-08-08

    In 4 days

  4. End of Heat

    Fri

    2103-08-24

    In 20 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

七月初二

Day cycle

癸巳

长流水

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenFormal betrothalCut garmentsComing-of-age riteConsecrateSet a bed

Avoid

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

RelocatePlantingTravelFuneral processionBreak ground for burialBurialLitigation

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁亥)猪 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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