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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 2173

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Lunar month 61Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn7Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 68Day 30NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat22Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 723Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 724Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 725Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 726Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 727Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew7Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 88Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 89Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 811Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 26, 2173

Lunar 二一七三年 · 七月十八

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

    Sun

    2173-08-22

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2173-08-26

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. White Dew

    Tue

    2173-09-07

    In 12 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Wed

    2173-09-22

    In 27 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

癸酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

庚申

七月十八

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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