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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 2187

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Lunar month 629Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 630Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 631Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 61Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn7Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 78Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 710Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 711Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 712Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 713Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 714Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 715Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 716Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 717Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 718Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 719Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 720Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 721Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 722Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat23Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 724Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 725Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 726Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 727Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 728Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 729Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 30SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew7Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 88Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, August 12, 2187

Lunar 二一八七年 · 七月初九

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Tue

    2187-08-07

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2187-08-12

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. End of Heat

    Thu

    2187-08-23

    In 11 days

  4. White Dew

    Fri

    2187-09-07

    In 26 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

丁亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

戊申

七月初九

Day cycle

壬戌

大海水

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneSet an altarMove the hearthDismantleMove into a homeRelocate

Avoid

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

Timber workThanksgiving riteFuneral processionMake an offeringBuild a stoveBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialOffer prayers

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙辰)龙 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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