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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 2204

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Lunar month 729Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn7Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 78Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 722Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseEnd of Heat23Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 724Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 725Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 826Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 827Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 828Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 831Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew7Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 88Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, August 5, 2204

Lunar 二二〇四年 · 七月初九

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. 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. Greater Heat

    Mon

    2204-07-23

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2204-08-05

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Tue

    2204-08-07

    In 2 days

  4. End of Heat

    Thu

    2204-08-23

    In 18 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

大暑 → 立秋

Year cycle

甲辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

辛未

七月初九

Day cycle

甲申

泉中水

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateMove the hearthDismantleConstructionBreak groundWelcome a household member

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 (戊寅)虎 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

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

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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