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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 2179

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Lunar month 61Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn7Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 78Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 710Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 711Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 712Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 713Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 714Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 715Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 716Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 717Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 718Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 719Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 720Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 721Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 722Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat23Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 724Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 725Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 726Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 727Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 728Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 729Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew7Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 88Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 89Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 810Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 811Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, August 4, 2179

Lunar 二一七九年 · 七月初二

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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. Greater Heat

    Fri

    2179-07-23

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2179-08-04

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Sat

    2179-08-07

    In 3 days

  4. End of Heat

    Mon

    2179-08-23

    In 19 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

大暑 → 立秋

Year cycle

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

辛未

七月初二

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteTreat illnessBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

Open for businessMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

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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