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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 2202

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Lunar month 61Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 64Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 65Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 66Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 67Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn8Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 69Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 610Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 611Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 612Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 613Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 614Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 615Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 616Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 617Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 618Day 30SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 719Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 720Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 721Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 722Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat23Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 724Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 725Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 726Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 727Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 728Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 729Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 77Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew8Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 26, 2202

Lunar 二二〇二年 · 七月初八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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. End of Heat

    Mon

    2202-08-23

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2202-08-26

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. White Dew

    Wed

    2202-09-08

    In 13 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Thu

    2202-09-23

    In 28 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

处暑 → 白露

Year cycle

壬寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

戊申

七月初八

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Offer prayersTravelMake a pactFormal betrothalMarriageCut garmentsBreak groundSet a bedRelease waterOpen for business

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊子)鼠 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

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

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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