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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

August 2183

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Lunar month 627Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 628Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 629Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 630Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn7Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 68Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 69Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 610Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 611Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 612Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 613Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 614Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 615Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 616Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 617Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 718Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 719Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 720Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 721Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 722Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat23Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 724Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 725Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 726Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, August 4, 2183

Lunar 二一八三年 · 六月十七

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Wed

    2183-07-23

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2183-08-04

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Thu

    2183-08-07

    In 3 days

  4. End of Heat

    Sat

    2183-08-23

    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

癸未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

己未

六月十七

Day cycle

癸巳

长流水

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenFormal betrothalCut garmentsComing-of-age riteConsecrateSet a bed

Avoid

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

RelocatePlantingTravelFuneral processionBreak ground for burialBurialLitigation

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁亥)猪 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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