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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 2119

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TODAY
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Lunar month 630Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 77Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn8Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 79Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 710Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 711Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 712Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 713Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 714Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 715Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 716Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 717Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 718Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 719Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 720Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 721Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 722Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat23Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 724Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 725Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 726Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew8Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 89Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, August 4, 2119

Lunar 二一一九年 · 六月廿八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Sun

    2119-07-23

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2119-08-04

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Tue

    2119-08-08

    In 4 days

  4. End of Heat

    Wed

    2119-08-23

    In 19 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

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

辛未

六月廿八

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateSeek medical careTreat illnessMarriageVisit friends and familyRelease waterDig a wellAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Build a houseMove into a homeBuild a stoveBegin studyBurialFuneral procession

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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