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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

August 2168

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Lunar month 631Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn7Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 78Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 79Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 710Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 711Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 712Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 713Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 714Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 715Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 716Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 717Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 718Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 719Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 720Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 721Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingEnd of Heat22Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 723Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 724Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 725Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 726Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew7Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 88Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 89Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 810Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 4, 2168

Lunar 二一六八年 · 七月初二

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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

    Fri

    2168-07-22

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2168-08-04

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Sun

    2168-08-07

    In 3 days

  4. End of Heat

    Mon

    2168-08-22

    In 18 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

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

己未

七月初二

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Move into a homeRelocateSet a bedConsecrateOffer prayersPray for childrenWelcome a household memberOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreement

Avoid

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

MarriageBreak ground for burialAcquire propertyPlantingBurialTend a graveFuneral procession

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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