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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 2122

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Lunar month 626Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 627Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 628Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 629Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 631Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 77Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn8Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 712Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 713Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat23Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 724Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, August 5, 2122

Lunar 二一二二年 · 七月初四

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. 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

    Thu

    2122-07-23

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2122-08-05

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Sat

    2122-08-08

    In 3 days

  4. End of Heat

    Sun

    2122-08-23

    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

壬午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

丁未

七月初四

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringCut garmentsMake netsComing-of-age riteBathing

Avoid

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

Open a storehouseDispatch goodsAcquire propertyBurialBreak groundBreak ground for burialDig a wellPlanting

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

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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