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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 2161

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Leap lunar month 626Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 627Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 628Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 629Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 630Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 631Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 61Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 62Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 63Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 64Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 65Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 66Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn7Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 68Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 69Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 610Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 611Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 612Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 613Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 614Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 615Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 616Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 617Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 618Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 619Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 620Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 721Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 722Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingEnd of Heat23Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 724Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 725Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 726Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 727Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 728Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 729Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 730Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 731Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, August 17, 2161

Lunar 二一六一年 · 闰六月廿六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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

    Fri

    2161-08-07

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2161-08-17

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sun

    2161-08-23

    In 6 days

  4. White Dew

    Mon

    2161-09-07

    In 21 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

辛酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

丙申

闰六月廿六

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Build a stoveBathingRepair wallsLevel roadsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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