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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 2114

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Lunar month 629Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 631Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 77Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn8Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 712Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 713Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat23Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 724Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 831Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew8Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 9, 2114

Lunar 二一一四年 · 七月初九

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Mon

    2114-07-23

    Passed 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2114-08-09

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. End of Heat

    Thu

    2114-08-23

    In 14 days

  4. White Dew

    Sat

    2114-09-08

    In 30 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

甲戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

壬申

七月初九

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageTravelReceive livestockMake an offeringFuneral preparationTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

Build a stoveBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚寅)虎 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

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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