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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 2199

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Leap lunar month 628Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 629Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 630Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 631Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 61Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 62Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 63Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 64Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 65Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 66Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn7Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 68Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 69Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 610Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 611Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 612Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 613Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 614Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 615Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 616Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 617Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 618Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 619Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 620Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 621Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 722Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat23Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 724Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 725Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 726Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew7Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, August 21, 2199

Lunar 二一九九年 · 闰六月三十

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Wed

    2199-08-07

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2199-08-21

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. End of Heat

    Fri

    2199-08-23

    In 2 days

  4. White Dew

    Sat

    2199-09-07

    In 17 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

己亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

壬申

闰六月三十

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingHaircutVisit friends and familySculpture and paintingConsecratePlantingAnimal husbandryMarriageMeridian therapyMend walls

Avoid

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

Open for businessMove into a homeBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialBuild a stoveRaise a roof beamSet a bedOpen a storehouseOffer prayers

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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