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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 2169

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Leap lunar month 630Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 631Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 61Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 62Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 63Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 64Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 65Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 66Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn7Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 68Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 69Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 610Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 611Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 612Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 613Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 614Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 615Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 616Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 617Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 618Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 619Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 620Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 621Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 722Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingEnd of Heat23Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 724Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 725Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 726Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 727Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 728Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 729Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 730Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 731Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew7Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 78Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 79Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, August 9, 2169

Lunar 二一六九年 · 闰六月十七

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Mon

    2169-08-07

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2169-08-09

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. End of Heat

    Wed

    2169-08-23

    In 14 days

  4. White Dew

    Thu

    2169-09-07

    In 29 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

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

壬申

闰六月十七

Day cycle

乙酉

泉中水

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingHaircutGroom nailsComing-of-age riteLift misfortuneFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

MarriageTravelMove into a homeOpen for businessInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己卯)兔 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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