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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

August 2214

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Lunar month 631Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 30Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 77Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn8Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 79Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 710Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 711Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 712Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 713Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 714Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 715Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 716Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 717Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 718Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 719Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 720Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 721Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 722Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat23Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 724Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 725Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 726Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew8Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 89Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 810Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, August 17, 2214

Lunar 二二一四年 · 七月十一

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Mon

    2214-08-08

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2214-08-17

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. End of Heat

    Tue

    2214-08-23

    In 6 days

  4. White Dew

    Thu

    2214-09-08

    In 22 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

甲寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

壬申

七月十一

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersUniversal blessing riteConsecrateSet an altarMove the hearthRelocate

Avoid

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

Open for businessExecute an agreementReceive wealthBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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