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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 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

Saturday, August 16, 2206

Lunar 二二〇六年 · 七月十二

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Fri

    2206-08-08

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2206-08-16

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sat

    2206-08-23

    In 7 days

  4. White Dew

    Mon

    2206-09-08

    In 23 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

丙午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

丙申

七月十二

Day cycle

乙巳

覆灯火

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersInstall machineryBuild a stoveReceive livestock

Avoid

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

Break groundBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己亥)猪 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

Favourable

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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