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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 2111

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TODAY
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Lunar month 626Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 627Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 628Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 629Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 630Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 30NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 77Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn8Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 79Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 710Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 711Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 712Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 713Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 714Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 715Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 716Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 717Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 718Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 719Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 720Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 721Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 722Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat23Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 724Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 725Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 726Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 20, 2111

Lunar 二一一一年 · 七月十六

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. Start of Autumn

    Sat

    2111-08-08

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2111-08-20

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sun

    2111-08-23

    In 3 days

  4. White Dew

    Tue

    2111-09-08

    In 19 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

立秋 → 处暑

Year cycle

辛未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

丙申

七月十六

Day cycle

辛卯

松柏木

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Offer prayersPurification riteTravelComing-of-age riteMarriageCarvingSet roof-post openingsMove into a homeBuild a bridgeOpen for business

Avoid

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

Break groundMake a pactSet a bedDig a pond

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙酉)鸡 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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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