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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 2216

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Lunar month 628Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 629Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 630Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 631Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 61Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 62Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 63Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 64Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 65Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 66Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn7Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 68Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 69Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 610Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 611Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 612Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 613Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 714Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 715Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 716Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 717Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 718Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 719Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 720Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 721Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 722Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingEnd of Heat23Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 724Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 725Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 726Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 727Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 728Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 729Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 730Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 731Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew7Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, August 6, 2216

Lunar 二二一六年 · 六月廿二

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. Greater Heat

    Tue

    2216-07-23

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2216-08-06

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Wed

    2216-08-07

    In 1 days

  4. End of Heat

    Fri

    2216-08-23

    In 17 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

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

乙未

六月廿二

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Lift misfortuneMake an offeringHaircutFuneral preparationBurialBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessMove the hearthBuild a stoveAcquire propertyPurification riteMove into a homeRelocateInstall doors

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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