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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 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

Sunday, August 19, 2198

Lunar 二一九八年 · 七月十七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. 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

    Tue

    2198-08-07

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2198-08-19

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. End of Heat

    Thu

    2198-08-23

    In 4 days

  4. White Dew

    Fri

    2198-09-07

    In 19 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

七月十七

Day cycle

丁卯

炉中火

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageConsecrateMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenSet an altarMove the hearthLift misfortuneTimber workMove into a home

Avoid

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

Dig a wellHaircutBuild a stoveBreak groundBreak ground for burialDig a pond

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛酉)鸡 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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