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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 2166

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 727Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn7Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 78Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 79Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 710Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 711Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 712Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 713Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 714Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 715Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 716Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 717Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 718Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 719Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 720Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 721Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 722Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat23Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 724Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 725Day 30NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 826Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 827Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 828Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 831Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, August 3, 2166

Lunar 二一六六年 · 七月初八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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. Greater Heat

    Tue

    2166-07-22

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2166-08-03

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Thu

    2166-08-07

    In 4 days

  4. End of Heat

    Sat

    2166-08-23

    In 20 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

大暑 → 立秋

Year cycle

丙寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

乙未

七月初八

Day cycle

癸亥

大海水

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingClean the homeAvoid 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

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁巳)蛇 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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