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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 2198

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Lunar month 629Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 631Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn7Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 78Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 79Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 710Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 711Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 712Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 713Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 714Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 715Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 716Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 717Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 718Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 719Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 720Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 721Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 722Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat23Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 724Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 725Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 726Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 727Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew7Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 88Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 9, 2198

Lunar 二一九八年 · 七月初七

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. Start of Autumn

    Tue

    2198-08-07

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2198-08-09

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. End of Heat

    Thu

    2198-08-23

    In 14 days

  4. White Dew

    Fri

    2198-09-07

    In 29 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

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

庚申

七月初七

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateLift misfortuneWelcome a household memberTradeExecute an agreementReceive wealthReceive livestock

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialMarriageHaircutTravelMove into a homeRelocateSeparate householdsSet an altarMove the hearth

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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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