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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 2212

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Lunar month 626Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 627Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 628Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn7Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 78Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 722Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseEnd of Heat23Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 724Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 725Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 726Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 827Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 828Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 831Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, August 8, 2212

Lunar 二二一二年 · 七月十一

Daily direction

Northeast

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

    Thu

    2212-07-23

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2212-08-08

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sun

    2212-08-23

    In 15 days

  4. White Dew

    Mon

    2212-09-07

    In 30 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

壬子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

戊申

七月十一

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenCut garmentsComing-of-age riteMeridian therapyConstructionWelcome a household memberSet a bed

Avoid

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

Funeral processionBurialTravelBuild roof beamsReceive livestockTimber workBuild a bridge

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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