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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 2118

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Lunar month 631Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 67Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn8Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 69Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 610Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 611Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 612Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 613Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 614Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 615Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 616Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 717Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 718Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 719Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 720Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 721Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 722Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat23Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 724Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 725Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 726Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 727Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 77Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew8Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, August 8, 2118

Lunar 二一一八年 · 六月廿一

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for deep study and thoughtful travel. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Sat

    2118-07-23

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2118-08-08

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. End of Heat

    Tue

    2118-08-23

    In 15 days

  4. White Dew

    Thu

    2118-09-08

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 立秋

Year cycle

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

庚申

六月廿一

Day cycle

丙辰

沙中土

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMove the hearthDismantleMake an offeringOffer prayersConsecrateTimber workBreak groundOpen for businessTrade

Avoid

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

PlantingBuild a stoveAcupunctureTravel

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚戌)狗 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

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

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

Favourable

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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