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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 2125

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Lunar month 629Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn7Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 78Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 722Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseEnd of Heat23Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 724Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 725Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 726Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 727Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 831Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew7Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 88Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, August 20, 2125

Lunar 二一二五年 · 七月廿一

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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. Start of Autumn

    Tue

    2125-08-07

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2125-08-20

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. End of Heat

    Thu

    2125-08-23

    In 3 days

  4. White Dew

    Fri

    2125-09-07

    In 18 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

乙酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

甲申

七月廿一

Day cycle

乙巳

覆灯火

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersInstall machineryBuild a stoveReceive livestock

Avoid

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

Break groundBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己亥)猪 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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