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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 2109

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Lunar month 728Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn7Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 78Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 722Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseEnd of Heat23Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 724Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 725Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 826Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 827Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 828Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 831Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 87Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, August 31, 2109

Lunar 二一〇九年 · 八月初六

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Fri

    2109-08-23

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2109-08-31

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. White Dew

    Sun

    2109-09-08

    In 8 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Mon

    2109-09-23

    In 23 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

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

壬申

八月初六

Day cycle

壬辰

长流水

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Offer prayersPray for childrenLift misfortuneMake a pactFormal betrothalBreak groundLay foundationsRelease waterBuild a storehouseOpen for business

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙戌)狗 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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