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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 2203

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Lunar month 631Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 67Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn8Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 722Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 723Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat24Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 725Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 726Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 727Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 87Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew8Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 89Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, August 23, 2203

Lunar 二二〇三年 · 七月十六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Mon

    2203-08-08

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2203-08-23

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. End of Heat

    Wed

    2203-08-24

    In 1 days

  4. White Dew

    Thu

    2203-09-08

    In 16 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

癸卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

庚申

七月十六

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageTravelReceive livestockMake an offeringFuneral preparationTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

Build a stoveBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚寅)虎 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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