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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 2106

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Lunar month 71Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 77Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn8Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 712Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 713Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat23Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 724Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 829Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 831Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew8Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 89Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 810Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 811Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, August 28, 2106

Lunar 二一〇六年 · 七月廿九

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. 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. End of Heat

    Mon

    2106-08-23

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2106-08-28

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. White Dew

    Wed

    2106-09-08

    In 11 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Thu

    2106-09-23

    In 26 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

处暑 → 白露

Year cycle

丙寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

丙申

七月廿九

Day cycle

癸酉

剑锋金

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Lift misfortuneMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConstructionBreak groundRaise pillarsRaise a roof beamSet a bedReceive livestock

Avoid

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

Move the hearthMarriageConsecrateWelcome a household memberTravelLitigationOpen for businessMove into a homeRelocateTake office

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁卯)兔 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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