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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 2185

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TODAY
Sun
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 731Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn7Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 78Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 712Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 713Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 714Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 715Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 716Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 717Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 718Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 719Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 720Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 721Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat22Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 723Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 724Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 825Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 826Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 827Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 828Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 829Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 831Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew7Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 88Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 89Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 810Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 11, 2185

Lunar 二一八五年 · 七月十六

Daily direction

Southwest

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

    Sun

    2185-08-07

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2185-08-11

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. End of Heat

    Mon

    2185-08-22

    In 11 days

  4. White Dew

    Wed

    2185-09-07

    In 27 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

乙酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

甲申

七月十六

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Build a stoveBathingRepair wallsLevel roadsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

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

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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