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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 2215

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TODAY
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Lunar month 730Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 77Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn8Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 712Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 713Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 714Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 715Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 716Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 717Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 718Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 719Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 720Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 721Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 722Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 723Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat24Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 725Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 726Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 727Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 728Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 729Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 730Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 731Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 71Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 72Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 73Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 74Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 75Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 76Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 77Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew8Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 79Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, August 5, 2215

Lunar 二二一五年 · 七月初十

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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

    Sun

    2215-07-23

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2215-08-05

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Tue

    2215-08-08

    In 3 days

  4. End of Heat

    Thu

    2215-08-24

    In 19 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

大暑 → 立秋

Year cycle

乙卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

癸未

七月初十

Day cycle

辛巳

白蜡金

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateOpen for businessAnimal husbandryHaircut

Avoid

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

MarriageTravelBurialFuneral preparationMove into a homeBuild a stoveComing-of-age riteRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙亥)猪 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

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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