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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 2156

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Lunar month 61Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 64Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 65Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 66Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn7Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 68Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 69Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 610Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 611Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 612Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 613Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 614Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 615Day 30SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 716Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 717Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 718Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 719Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 720Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 721Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseEnd of Heat22Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 723Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 724Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 725Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 726Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 727Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 728Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 729Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew7Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 78Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, August 7, 2156

Lunar 二一五六年 · 六月廿二

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. Greater Heat

    Thu

    2156-07-22

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2156-08-07

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sun

    2156-08-22

    In 15 days

  4. White Dew

    Tue

    2156-09-07

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 立秋

Year cycle

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

丙申

六月廿二

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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