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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 2191

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Lunar month 631Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn7Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 68Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 69Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 610Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 611Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 612Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 613Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 614Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 615Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 616Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 617Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 618Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 619Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 720Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 721Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 722Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat23Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 724Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 725Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 726Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew7Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 78Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 79Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 710Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, August 17, 2191

Lunar 二一九一年 · 六月廿八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Sun

    2191-08-07

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2191-08-17

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. End of Heat

    Tue

    2191-08-23

    In 6 days

  4. White Dew

    Wed

    2191-09-07

    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

辛卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

丙申

六月廿八

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersUniversal blessing riteConsecrateSet an altarMove the hearthRelocate

Avoid

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

Open for businessExecute an agreementReceive wealthBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

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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