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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 2171

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Lunar month 628Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 629Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 630Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 631Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 61Day 30Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn7Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 78Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 710Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 711Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 712Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 713Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 714Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 715Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 716Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 717Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 718Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 719Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 720Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 721Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 722Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat23Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 724Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 725Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 726Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 727Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 728Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 729Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 831Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 87Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, August 6, 2171

Lunar 二一七一年 · 七月初五

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. 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. Greater Heat

    Tue

    2171-07-23

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2171-08-06

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Wed

    2171-08-07

    In 1 days

  4. End of Heat

    Fri

    2171-08-23

    In 17 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

辛未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

乙未

七月初五

Day cycle

壬辰

长流水

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringComing-of-age riteBuild a stoveTradeReceive wealthPlantingMake netsReceive livestockAnimal husbandryWelcome a household member

Avoid

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

Dig a channelBuild a boatSet a bedBurialBreak ground for burialTravelTend a graveDig a wellOpen for businessPrepare a burial plot

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙戌)狗 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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