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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 2117

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Lunar month 71Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn7Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 78Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 722Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseEnd of Heat23Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 724Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 725Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 726Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 727Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 828Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 831Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew7Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 88Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 89Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 811Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, August 3, 2117

Lunar 二一一七年 · 七月初六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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. Greater Heat

    Fri

    2117-07-23

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2117-08-03

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Sat

    2117-08-07

    In 4 days

  4. End of Heat

    Mon

    2117-08-23

    In 20 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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

丁未

七月初六

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurialSeal openingsPest control

Avoid

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

Open for businessMove into a homeMarriageConsecrateBuild a house

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

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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