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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 2165

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Lunar month 628Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 629Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 631Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn7Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 78Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 722Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseEnd of Heat23Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 724Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 725Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 726Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 727Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew7Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, August 14, 2165

Lunar 二一六五年 · 七月初八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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

    Wed

    2165-08-07

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2165-08-14

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. End of Heat

    Fri

    2165-08-23

    In 9 days

  4. White Dew

    Sat

    2165-09-07

    In 24 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

乙丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

甲申

七月初八

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenCut garmentsComing-of-age riteMeridian therapyConstructionWelcome a household memberSet a bed

Avoid

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

Funeral processionBurialTravelBuild roof beamsReceive livestockTimber workBuild a bridge

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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