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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 2105

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Lunar month 626Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 627Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 628Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 629Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 630Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 631Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 61Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 62Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 63Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 64Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 65Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 66Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn7Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 68Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 69Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 712Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 713Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 714Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 715Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 716Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 717Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 718Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 719Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 720Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 721Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 722Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingEnd of Heat23Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 724Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 725Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 726Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 727Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 728Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 729Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 730Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 731Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 6, 2105

Lunar 二一〇五年 · 六月廿六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Thu

    2105-07-23

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2105-08-06

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Fri

    2105-08-07

    In 1 days

  4. End of Heat

    Sun

    2105-08-23

    In 17 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

乙丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

癸未

六月廿六

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurialSeal openingsPest control

Avoid

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

Open for businessMove into a homeMarriageConsecrateBuild a house

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

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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