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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 2142

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Lunar month 629Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 631Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn7Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 68Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 69Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 610Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 611Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 612Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 613Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 614Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 615Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 616Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 617Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 618Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 619Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 620Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 721Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 722Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat23Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 724Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 725Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 726Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 727Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew7Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 78Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, August 21, 2142

Lunar 二一四二年 · 七月初一

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

    2142-08-07

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2142-08-21

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. End of Heat

    Thu

    2142-08-23

    In 2 days

  4. White Dew

    Fri

    2142-09-07

    In 17 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

壬寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

戊申

七月初一

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringHaircutBuild a stoveBathingRepair wallsLevel roads

Avoid

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

MarriagePlantingOffer prayersBuild a bridgeBurialInstall doorsTimber workBuild roof beams

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

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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