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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 2154

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Lunar month 628Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 629Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 631Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 66Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn7Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 68Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 712Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 713Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat23Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 724Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew7Day 30NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, August 16, 2154

Lunar 二一五四年 · 七月初八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Wed

    2154-08-07

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2154-08-16

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. End of Heat

    Fri

    2154-08-23

    In 7 days

  4. White Dew

    Sat

    2154-09-07

    In 22 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

甲寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

壬申

七月初八

Day cycle

癸酉

剑锋金

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Lift misfortuneMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConstructionBreak groundRaise pillarsRaise a roof beamSet a bedReceive livestock

Avoid

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

Move the hearthMarriageConsecrateWelcome a household memberTravelLitigationOpen for businessMove into a homeRelocateTake office

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁卯)兔 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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