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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 2124

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Lunar month 630Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 631Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 61Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 64Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 65Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 66Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn7Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 68Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 69Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 710Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 711Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 712Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 713Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 714Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 715Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 716Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 717Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 718Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 719Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 720Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 721Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 722Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat23Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 724Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 725Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 726Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 727Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 728Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 729Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew7Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 88Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 89Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 17, 2124

Lunar 二一二四年 · 七月初八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Mon

    2124-08-07

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2124-08-17

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. End of Heat

    Wed

    2124-08-23

    In 6 days

  4. White Dew

    Thu

    2124-09-07

    In 21 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

甲申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

壬申

七月初八

Day cycle

丁酉

山下火

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersConstructionBreak groundRaise a roof beamBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for business

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛卯)兔 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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