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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 2116

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Lunar month 626Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 627Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 628Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 629Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 630Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 631Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 61Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 64Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 65Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 66Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn7Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 68Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 710Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 711Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 712Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 713Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 714Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 715Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 716Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 717Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 718Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 719Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 720Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 721Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 722Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat23Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 724Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 725Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 726Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 727Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 728Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 729Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 20, 2116

Lunar 二一一六年 · 七月十二

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Fri

    2116-08-07

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2116-08-20

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sun

    2116-08-23

    In 3 days

  4. White Dew

    Mon

    2116-09-07

    In 18 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

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

丙申

七月十二

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneSet a bedPlantingMove a coffin

Avoid

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

Build a houseFuneral preparationBurialTimber workMove into a homeRelocateAcquire propertyReceive livestock

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

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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