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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 2140

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Lunar month 631Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 61Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 64Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 65Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 66Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn7Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 68Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 69Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 610Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 611Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 612Day 30SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 713Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 714Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 715Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 716Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 717Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 718Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 719Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 720Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 721Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseEnd of Heat22Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 723Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 724Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 725Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 726Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 727Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 728Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 729Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew7Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 78Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, August 3, 2140

Lunar 二一四〇年 · 六月廿一

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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. Greater Heat

    Fri

    2140-07-22

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2140-08-03

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Sun

    2140-08-07

    In 4 days

  4. End of Heat

    Mon

    2140-08-22

    In 19 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

大暑 → 立秋

Year cycle

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

癸未

六月廿一

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConstructionTravelBuild a houseRaise pillarsMake vehicles and toolsTrain livestockBuild animal sheltersHarvest honey

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialDig a wellBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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