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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 2201

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 626Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 627Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 628Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 629Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 77Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn8Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 712Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 713Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat23Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 724Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 829Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 831Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, August 19, 2201

Lunar 二二〇一年 · 七月二十

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    2201-08-08

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2201-08-19

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sun

    2201-08-23

    In 4 days

  4. White Dew

    Tue

    2201-09-08

    In 20 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

辛丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

丙申

七月二十

Day cycle

壬午

杨柳木

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringPurification riteUniversal blessing riteLift misfortuneTravelVisit friends and familyOpen for business

Avoid

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

Move the hearthMove into a homeBuild a houseInstall doorsBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙子)鼠 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

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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