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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 2143

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Lunar month 628Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 629Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 630Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 67Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn8Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 69Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 610Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 711Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 712Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 713Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 714Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 715Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 716Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 717Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 718Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 719Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 720Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 721Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 722Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat23Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 724Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 725Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 726Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 77Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 15, 2143

Lunar 二一四三年 · 七月初五

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    2143-08-08

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2143-08-15

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. End of Heat

    Fri

    2143-08-23

    In 8 days

  4. White Dew

    Sun

    2143-09-08

    In 24 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

癸卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

庚申

七月初五

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingHaircutVisit friends and familySculpture and paintingConsecratePlantingAnimal husbandryMarriageMeridian therapyMend walls

Avoid

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

Open for businessMove into a homeBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialBuild a stoveRaise a roof beamSet a bedOpen a storehouseOffer prayers

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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