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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 2211

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TODAY
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Lunar month 628Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 629Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 631Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 67Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn8Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 722Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 723Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat24Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 725Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 726Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 727Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 77Day 30SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, August 24, 2211

Lunar 二二一一年 · 七月十六

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. 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. Start of Autumn

    Thu

    2211-08-08

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2211-08-24

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. White Dew

    Sun

    2211-09-08

    In 15 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    2211-09-24

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 处暑

Year cycle

辛亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

丙申

七月十六

Day cycle

己卯

城头土

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersSet an altarMove the hearthOpen for businessExecute an agreementMove into a homeHang a signboard

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialMarriageDig a wellSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸酉)鸡 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

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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