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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 2157

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Lunar month 631Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn7Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 78Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 722Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseEnd of Heat23Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 724Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 725Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 726Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 727Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 30Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew7Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 88Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 89Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, August 1, 2157

Lunar 二一五七年 · 六月廿六

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. Greater Heat

    Fri

    2157-07-22

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2157-08-01

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Sun

    2157-08-07

    In 6 days

  4. End of Heat

    Tue

    2157-08-23

    In 22 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

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丁未

六月廿六

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringCut garmentsMake netsComing-of-age riteBathing

Avoid

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

Open a storehouseDispatch goodsAcquire propertyBurialBreak groundBreak ground for burialDig a wellPlanting

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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