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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 2172

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TODAY
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Lunar month 626Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 627Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 628Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 629Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 630Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 631Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 61Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 64Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 65Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 66Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn7Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 68Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 69Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 610Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 611Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 612Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 613Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 614Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 615Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 616Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 617Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 618Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 719Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 720Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 721Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseEnd of Heat22Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 723Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 724Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 725Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 726Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 727Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 728Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 729Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, August 31, 2172

Lunar 二一七二年 · 七月十三

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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. End of Heat

    Sat

    2172-08-22

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2172-08-31

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. White Dew

    Mon

    2172-09-07

    In 7 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    2172-09-22

    In 22 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

处暑 → 白露

Year cycle

壬申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

戊申

七月十三

Day cycle

癸亥

大海水

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Repair wallsLevel roadsMake an offeringBathingBuild a stove

Avoid

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

MarriageLitigationTreat illnessAcquire propertyBuild roof beamsOffer prayersBurialPlantingTimber workInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁巳)蛇 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

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.

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