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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 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 17, 2117

Lunar 二一一七年 · 七月二十

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for warm gatherings and deep study. 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. Start of Autumn

    Sat

    2117-08-07

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2117-08-17

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. End of Heat

    Mon

    2117-08-23

    In 6 days

  4. White Dew

    Tue

    2117-09-07

    In 21 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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

戊申

七月二十

Day cycle

庚申

石榴木

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringCut garmentsInstall doorsReceive wealthClean the homeTravelWelcome a household memberBuild a stoveReceive livestockBuild animal shelters

Avoid

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

Set a bedBreak groundBurialPrepare a burial plotPrepare a coffin

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲寅)虎 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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