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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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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

Monday, August 4, 2166

Lunar 二一六六年 · 七月初九

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2166-08-04

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Thu

    2166-08-07

    In 3 days

  4. End of Heat

    Sat

    2166-08-23

    In 19 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

七月初九

Day cycle

甲子

海中金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersLift misfortuneBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

MarriageRelocateMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊午)马 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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