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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 2176

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Lunar month 628Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 629Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 630Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 30Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn7Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 78Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 79Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 710Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 711Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 712Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 713Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 714Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 715Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 716Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 717Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 718Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 719Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 720Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 721Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingEnd of Heat22Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 723Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 724Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 725Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 726Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew7Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, August 21, 2176

Lunar 二一七六年 · 七月十七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. 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

    Wed

    2176-08-07

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2176-08-21

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. End of Heat

    Thu

    2176-08-22

    In 1 days

  4. White Dew

    Sat

    2176-09-07

    In 17 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

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

丙申

七月十七

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingHaircutVisit friends and familySculpture and paintingConsecratePlantingAnimal husbandryMarriageMeridian therapyMend walls

Avoid

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

Open for businessMove into a homeBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialBuild a stoveRaise a roof beamSet a bedOpen a storehouseOffer prayers

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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