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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 2138

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Lunar month 627Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 628Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 629Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 631Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn7Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 78Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 712Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 713Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat23Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 724Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, August 13, 2138

Lunar 二一三八年 · 七月初八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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

    Thu

    2138-08-07

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2138-08-13

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sat

    2138-08-23

    In 10 days

  4. White Dew

    Mon

    2138-09-08

    In 26 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

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

庚申

七月初八

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenTravelBreak groundSet a bedDig a wellBreak ground for burialTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

Move into a homeBuild roof beamsInstall doorsTimber workConstructionRaise a roof beamFuneral preparationBuild a house

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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