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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 2196

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Lunar month 731Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn6Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 77Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 78Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 710Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 711Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 712Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 713Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 714Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 715Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 716Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 717Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 718Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 719Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 720Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 721Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseEnd of Heat22Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 723Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 724Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 725Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 726Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 727Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 728Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 729Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 730Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 731Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 71Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 72Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 73Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 74Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 75Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 76Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew7Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 78Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 79Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 710Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, August 23, 2196

Lunar 二一九六年 · 七月三十

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. 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

    Sat

    2196-08-06

    Passed 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2196-08-23

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. White Dew

    Wed

    2196-09-07

    In 15 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Thu

    2196-09-22

    In 30 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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

丙申

七月三十

Day cycle

辛酉

石榴木

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneDismantleConstructionBreak groundLay foundationsRaise a roof beamSet a bedInstall doorsDig a channel

Avoid

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

MarriageTravelWelcome a household memberBuild a stoveMove into a homeRelocatePlantingTake office

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙卯)兔 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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