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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 30, 2186

Lunar 二一八六年 · 七月十六

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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. End of Heat

    Wed

    2186-08-23

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2186-08-30

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. White Dew

    Thu

    2186-09-07

    In 8 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Sat

    2186-09-23

    In 24 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

处暑 → 白露

Year cycle

丙戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

丙申

七月十六

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringHaircutBuild a stoveBathingRepair wallsLevel roads

Avoid

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

MarriagePlantingOffer prayersBuild a bridgeBurialInstall doorsTimber workBuild roof beams

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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