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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

Friday, August 29, 2160

Lunar 二一六〇年 · 七月廿八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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. End of Heat

    Fri

    2160-08-22

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2160-08-29

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. White Dew

    Sun

    2160-09-07

    In 9 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Mon

    2160-09-22

    In 24 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

处暑 → 白露

Year cycle

庚申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

甲申

七月廿八

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneSet a bedPlantingMove a coffin

Avoid

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

Build a houseFuneral preparationBurialTimber workMove into a homeRelocateAcquire propertyReceive livestock

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

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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