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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 2217

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Lunar month 627Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 628Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 629Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 631Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn7Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 78Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 712Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 713Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat23Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 724Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 30NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 7, 2217

Lunar 二二一七年 · 七月初五

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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

    Wed

    2217-07-23

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2217-08-07

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sat

    2217-08-23

    In 16 days

  4. White Dew

    Mon

    2217-09-08

    In 32 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 立秋

Year cycle

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

戊申

七月初五

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Offer prayersTravelMake a pactFormal betrothalMarriageCut garmentsBreak groundSet a bedRelease waterOpen 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

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊子)鼠 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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