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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

Monday, August 31, 2212

Lunar 二二一二年 · 八月初五

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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. End of Heat

    Sun

    2212-08-23

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2212-08-31

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. White Dew

    Mon

    2212-09-07

    In 7 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Wed

    2212-09-23

    In 23 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

处暑 → 白露

Year cycle

壬子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

戊申

八月初五

Day cycle

壬辰

长流水

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Offer prayersPray for childrenLift misfortuneMake a pactFormal betrothalBreak groundLay foundationsRelease waterBuild a storehouseOpen for business

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙戌)狗 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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