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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 2164

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Lunar month 629Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 630Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 631Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 61Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 64Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 65Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 66Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn7Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 68Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 69Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 610Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 611Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 612Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 613Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 614Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 615Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 616Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 617Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 718Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 719Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 720Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 721Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseEnd of Heat22Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 723Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 724Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 725Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 726Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 727Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 728Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 729Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew7Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 78Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, August 31, 2164

Lunar 二一六四年 · 七月十四

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. End of Heat

    Wed

    2164-08-22

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2164-08-31

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. White Dew

    Fri

    2164-09-07

    In 7 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Sat

    2164-09-22

    In 22 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

甲子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

壬申

七月十四

Day cycle

辛巳

白蜡金

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalBuild a stoveComing-of-age riteCut garmentsVisit friends and familyReceive livestockAnimal husbandryInstall machinery

Avoid

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

Dig a wellTravelBreak ground for burialFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙亥)猪 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

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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