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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 2178

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Lunar month 626Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 627Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 628Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 629Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 631Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 66Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn7Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 68Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 69Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 610Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 611Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 612Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 713Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat23Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 724Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, August 11, 2178

Lunar 二一七八年 · 六月廿八

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

    Fri

    2178-08-07

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2178-08-11

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sun

    2178-08-23

    In 12 days

  4. White Dew

    Mon

    2178-09-07

    In 27 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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

庚申

六月廿八

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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