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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 2181

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Lunar month 629Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 631Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn7Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 68Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 69Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat22Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 723Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 724Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 725Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 726Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 727Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew7Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 78Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, August 17, 2181

Lunar 二一八一年 · 七月初八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. 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. Start of Autumn

    Tue

    2181-08-07

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2181-08-17

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. End of Heat

    Wed

    2181-08-22

    In 5 days

  4. White Dew

    Fri

    2181-09-07

    In 21 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

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丙申

七月初八

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageTravelReceive livestockMake an offeringFuneral preparationTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

Build a stoveBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚寅)虎 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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