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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 2129

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Lunar month 631Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 61Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 62Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 63Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 64Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 65Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 66Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn7Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 68Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 69Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 610Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 611Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 612Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 613Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 614Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 715Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 716Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 717Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 718Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 719Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 720Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 721Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 722Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingEnd of Heat23Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 724Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 725Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 726Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 727Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 728Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 729Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 730Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 731Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew7Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 78Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 79Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 710Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, August 17, 2129

Lunar 二一二九年 · 七月初三

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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

    Sun

    2129-08-07

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2129-08-17

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. End of Heat

    Tue

    2129-08-23

    In 6 days

  4. White Dew

    Wed

    2129-09-07

    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

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

壬申

七月初三

Day cycle

癸亥

大海水

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Repair wallsLevel roadsMake an offeringBathingBuild a stove

Avoid

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

MarriageLitigationTreat illnessAcquire propertyBuild roof beamsOffer prayersBurialPlantingTimber workInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁巳)蛇 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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