DestiniDaily Insight

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 2210

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 629Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 630Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 631Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 61Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 64Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 65Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 66Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 67Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn8Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 69Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 610Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 611Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 612Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 613Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 614Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 615Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 616Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 617Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 618Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 619Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 720Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 721Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 722Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat23Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 724Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 725Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 726Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 727Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 728Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 729Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 77Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew8Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 16, 2210

Lunar 二二一〇年 · 六月廿六

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

    Wed

    2210-08-08

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2210-08-16

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. End of Heat

    Thu

    2210-08-23

    In 7 days

  4. White Dew

    Sat

    2210-09-08

    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

庚戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

甲申

六月廿六

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Demolish a houseDemolish wallsTreat illnessAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Offer prayersFormal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMove into a homeBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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.

BACK TO HOME