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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 2158

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Lunar month 730Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn7Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 78Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 79Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 710Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 711Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 712Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 713Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 714Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 715Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 716Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 717Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 718Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 719Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 720Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 721Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 722Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat23Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 724Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 725Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 726Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 727Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 728Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 729Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 730Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 731Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 71Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 72Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 73Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 74Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 75Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 76Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew7Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 78Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 79Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, August 9, 2158

Lunar 二一五八年 · 七月十六

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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

    Mon

    2158-08-07

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2158-08-09

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. End of Heat

    Wed

    2158-08-23

    In 14 days

  4. White Dew

    Thu

    2158-09-07

    In 29 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

戊午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

庚申

七月十六

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TravelBathingMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsRaise pillarsRaise a roof beamRelocateReceive livestockAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

MarriageInstall doorsBreak groundBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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