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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 2188

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Leap lunar month 627Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 628Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 629Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 630Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 631Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 61Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 62Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 63Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 64Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 65Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn6Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 67Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 68Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 69Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 610Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 611Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 612Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 613Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 614Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 615Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 616Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 617Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 618Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 619Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 620Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 621Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseEnd of Heat22Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 723Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 724Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 725Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 726Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 727Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 728Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 729Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, August 17, 2188

Lunar 二一八八年 · 闰六月廿五

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. 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

    Wed

    2188-08-06

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2188-08-17

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. End of Heat

    Fri

    2188-08-22

    In 5 days

  4. White Dew

    Sun

    2188-09-07

    In 21 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

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

庚申

闰六月廿五

Day cycle

癸酉

剑锋金

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Lift misfortuneMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConstructionBreak groundRaise pillarsRaise a roof beamSet a bedReceive livestock

Avoid

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

Move the hearthMarriageConsecrateWelcome a household memberTravelLitigationOpen for businessMove into a homeRelocateTake office

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁卯)兔 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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