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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 2160

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Lunar month 627Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 628Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 629Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 630Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn7Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 78Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 79Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 710Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 711Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 712Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 713Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 714Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 715Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 716Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 717Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 718Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 719Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 720Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 721Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingEnd of Heat22Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 723Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 724Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 725Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 726Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 831Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, August 16, 2160

Lunar 二一六〇年 · 七月十五

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. Start of Autumn

    Thu

    2160-08-07

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2160-08-16

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. End of Heat

    Fri

    2160-08-22

    In 6 days

  4. White Dew

    Sun

    2160-09-07

    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

庚申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

甲申

七月十五

Day cycle

乙巳

覆灯火

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersInstall machineryBuild a stoveReceive livestock

Avoid

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

Break groundBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己亥)猪 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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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