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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

Sunday, August 16, 2178

Lunar 二一七八年 · 七月初四

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. 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

    Fri

    2178-08-07

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2178-08-16

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sun

    2178-08-23

    In 7 days

  4. White Dew

    Mon

    2178-09-07

    In 22 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

七月初四

Day cycle

己卯

城头土

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersSet an altarMove the hearthOpen for businessExecute an agreementMove into a homeHang a signboard

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialMarriageDig a wellSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸酉)鸡 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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