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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 2177

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Lunar month 727Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn7Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 78Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 712Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 713Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 714Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 715Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 716Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 717Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 718Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 719Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 720Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 721Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat22Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 723Day 30SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 724Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 725Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 726Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 727Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 728Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 729Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 730Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 731Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 71Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 72Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 73Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 74Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 75Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 76Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, August 9, 2177

Lunar 二一七七年 · 七月十六

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Thu

    2177-08-07

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2177-08-09

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. End of Heat

    Fri

    2177-08-22

    In 13 days

  4. White Dew

    Sun

    2177-09-07

    In 29 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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

戊申

七月十六

Day cycle

丁卯

炉中火

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageConsecrateMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenSet an altarMove the hearthLift misfortuneTimber workMove into a home

Avoid

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

Dig a wellHaircutBuild a stoveBreak groundBreak ground for burialDig a pond

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛酉)鸡 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

Avoid

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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