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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 2200

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TODAY
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Lunar month 627Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 628Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 629Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 630Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 631Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 61Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 62Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 63Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 64Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 65Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 66Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn7Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 68Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 69Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 610Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 712Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 713Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 714Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 715Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 716Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 717Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 718Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 719Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 720Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 721Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 722Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingEnd of Heat23Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 724Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 725Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 726Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 727Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 728Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 729Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 730Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 731Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, August 11, 2200

Lunar 二二〇〇年 · 七月初一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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

    Thu

    2200-08-07

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2200-08-11

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sat

    2200-08-23

    In 12 days

  4. White Dew

    Mon

    2200-09-08

    In 28 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

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

甲申

七月初一

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenCut garmentsComing-of-age riteMeridian therapyConstructionWelcome a household memberSet a bed

Avoid

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

Funeral processionBurialTravelBuild roof beamsReceive livestockTimber workBuild a bridge

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

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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