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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 2186

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Lunar month 630Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 631Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 66Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn7Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 68Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 69Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 610Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 611Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 612Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 613Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 614Day 30NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat23Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 724Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew7Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 78Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, August 16, 2186

Lunar 二一八六年 · 七月初二

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Mon

    2186-08-07

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2186-08-16

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. End of Heat

    Wed

    2186-08-23

    In 7 days

  4. White Dew

    Thu

    2186-09-07

    In 22 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

丙戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

丙申

七月初二

Day cycle

辛酉

石榴木

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneDismantleConstructionBreak groundLay foundationsRaise a roof beamSet a bedInstall doorsDig a channel

Avoid

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

MarriageTravelWelcome a household memberBuild a stoveMove into a homeRelocatePlantingTake office

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙卯)兔 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

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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