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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 2213

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Lunar month 61Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 67Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn8Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 69Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 610Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 611Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 612Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 613Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 614Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 615Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 616Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 717Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 718Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 719Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 720Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 721Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 722Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat23Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 724Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 725Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 726Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 727Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 77Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew8Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, August 20, 2213

Lunar 二二一三年 · 七月初四

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for deep study and thoughtful travel. 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. Start of Autumn

    Sun

    2213-08-08

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2213-08-20

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. End of Heat

    Mon

    2213-08-23

    In 3 days

  4. White Dew

    Wed

    2213-09-08

    In 19 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

癸丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

庚申

七月初四

Day cycle

丙戌

屋上土

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Sculpture and paintingComing-of-age riteMarriageVisit friends and familyWelcome a household memberMeridian therapyCut garmentsPlantingReceive livestockAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Offer prayersOpen for businessBreak groundFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚辰)龙 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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