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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 2189

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Lunar month 626Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 627Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 628Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 629Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 631Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn7Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 68Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 69Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 610Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 611Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat22Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 723Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 724Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 725Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 726Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 727Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, August 26, 2189

Lunar 二一八九年 · 七月十五

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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

    Sat

    2189-08-22

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2189-08-26

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. White Dew

    Mon

    2189-09-07

    In 12 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    2189-09-22

    In 27 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

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

壬申

七月十五

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TravelBathingMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsRaise pillarsRaise a roof beamRelocateReceive livestockAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

MarriageInstall doorsBreak groundBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

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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