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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 2122

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TODAY
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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 19, 2122

Lunar 二一二二年 · 七月十八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    2122-08-08

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2122-08-19

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sun

    2122-08-23

    In 4 days

  4. White Dew

    Tue

    2122-09-08

    In 20 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

壬午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

戊申

七月十八

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersUniversal blessing riteConsecrateSet an altarMove the hearthRelocate

Avoid

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

Open for businessExecute an agreementReceive wealthBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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