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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 2163

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Lunar month 731Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn7Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 78Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 710Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 711Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 712Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 713Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 714Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 715Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 716Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 717Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 718Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 719Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 720Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 721Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 722Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat23Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 724Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 725Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 726Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 727Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 728Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 729Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 830Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 831Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 87Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew8Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 89Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 810Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, August 23, 2163

Lunar 二一六三年 · 七月廿四

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Sun

    2163-08-07

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2163-08-23

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. White Dew

    Thu

    2163-09-08

    In 16 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Fri

    2163-09-23

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 处暑

Year cycle

癸亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

庚申

七月廿四

Day cycle

丁卯

炉中火

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageConsecrateMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenSet an altarMove the hearthLift misfortuneTimber workMove into a home

Avoid

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

Dig a wellHaircutBuild a stoveBreak groundBreak ground for burialDig a pond

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛酉)鸡 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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