DestiniDaily Insight

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 2170

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 629Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 631Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 66Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn7Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 68Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 69Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 610Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 611Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 712Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 713Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat23Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 724Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew7Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 78Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, August 17, 2170

Lunar 二一七〇年 · 七月初六

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Tue

    2170-08-07

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2170-08-17

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. End of Heat

    Thu

    2170-08-23

    In 6 days

  4. White Dew

    Fri

    2170-09-07

    In 21 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

庚午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

甲申

七月初六

Day cycle

戊戌

平地木

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalTravelVisit friends and familyConstructionRaise a roof beamRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

Open for businessBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬辰)龙 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

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.

BACK TO HOME