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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

Friday, August 28, 2161

Lunar 二一六一年 · 七月初八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. 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. End of Heat

    Sun

    2161-08-23

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2161-08-28

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. White Dew

    Mon

    2161-09-07

    In 10 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Wed

    2161-09-23

    In 26 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

辛酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

丙申

七月初八

Day cycle

壬戌

大海水

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneSet an altarMove the hearthDismantleMove into a homeRelocate

Avoid

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

Timber workThanksgiving riteFuneral processionMake an offeringBuild a stoveBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialOffer prayers

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙辰)龙 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

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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