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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 2205

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Lunar month 628Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 629Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 631Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 67Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn8Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 69Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 610Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 611Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 612Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 613Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 614Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 615Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 716Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 717Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 718Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 719Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 720Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 721Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 722Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat23Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 724Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 725Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 726Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 727Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 77Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, August 4, 2205

Lunar 二二〇五年 · 六月十九

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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. Greater Heat

    Tue

    2205-07-23

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2205-08-04

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Thu

    2205-08-08

    In 4 days

  4. End of Heat

    Fri

    2205-08-23

    In 19 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

乙巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

癸未

六月十九

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Lift misfortuneMake an offeringHaircutFuneral preparationBurialBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessMove the hearthBuild a stoveAcquire propertyPurification riteMove into a homeRelocateInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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