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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 2121

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Lunar month 627Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 628Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 629Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 630Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 631Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 61Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 62Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 63Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 64Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 65Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 66Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn7Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 68Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 69Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 610Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 611Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 612Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 713Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 714Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 715Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 716Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 717Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 718Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 719Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 720Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 721Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 722Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingEnd of Heat23Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 724Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 725Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 726Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 727Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 728Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 729Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 730Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 731Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, August 5, 2121

Lunar 二一二一年 · 六月廿二

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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

    Wed

    2121-07-23

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2121-08-05

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Thu

    2121-08-07

    In 2 days

  4. End of Heat

    Sat

    2121-08-23

    In 18 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

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

乙未

六月廿二

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageOpen for businessExecute an agreementMake an offeringOffer prayersBreak groundRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

Build a templeBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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