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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 2182

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Lunar month 628Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 629Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn7Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 78Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 79Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 710Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 711Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 712Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 713Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 714Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 715Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 716Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 717Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 718Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 719Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 720Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 721Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 722Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat23Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 724Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 725Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 726Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 727Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 831Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew7Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, August 4, 2182

Lunar 二一八二年 · 七月初六

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Mon

    2182-07-22

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2182-08-04

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Wed

    2182-08-07

    In 3 days

  4. End of Heat

    Fri

    2182-08-23

    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

壬午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

丁未

七月初六

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Lift misfortuneMake an offeringHaircutFuneral preparationBurialBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessMove the hearthBuild a stoveAcquire propertyPurification riteMove into a homeRelocateInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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