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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 2206

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Lunar month 627Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 628Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 629Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 630Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 77Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn8Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 79Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 710Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 711Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 712Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 713Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 714Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 715Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 716Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 717Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 718Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 719Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 720Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 721Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 722Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat23Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 724Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 725Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 726Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 30SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, August 8, 2206

Lunar 二二〇六年 · 七月初四

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Wed

    2206-07-23

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2206-08-08

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sat

    2206-08-23

    In 15 days

  4. White Dew

    Mon

    2206-09-08

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 立秋

Year cycle

丙午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

丙申

七月初四

Day cycle

丁酉

山下火

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersConstructionBreak groundRaise a roof beamBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for business

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛卯)兔 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

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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