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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 2108

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Lunar month 629Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 630Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 631Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 61Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 64Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 65Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 66Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn7Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 78Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 710Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 711Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 712Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 713Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 714Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 715Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 716Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 717Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 718Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 719Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 720Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 721Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 722Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat23Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 724Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 725Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 726Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 727Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 728Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 729Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew7Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 88Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, August 5, 2108

Lunar 二一〇八年 · 六月廿八

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

    Sun

    2108-07-22

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2108-08-05

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Tue

    2108-08-07

    In 2 days

  4. End of Heat

    Thu

    2108-08-23

    In 18 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

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

己未

六月廿八

Day cycle

辛酉

石榴木

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Sculpture and paintingTravelComing-of-age riteMarriageWelcome a household memberCut garmentsWelcome a son-in-lawBuild animal sheltersTradeExecute an agreement

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙卯)兔 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

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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