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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 2219

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Lunar month 61Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 67Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn8Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 69Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 610Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 722Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 723Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat24Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 725Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 726Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 727Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 77Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew8Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 30Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 811Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, August 2, 2219

Lunar 二二一九年 · 六月廿一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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

    Fri

    2219-07-23

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2219-08-02

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Sun

    2219-08-08

    In 6 days

  4. End of Heat

    Tue

    2219-08-24

    In 22 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

己未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

辛未

六月廿一

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactVisit friends and familyBegin studyMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelLift misfortune

Avoid

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

MarriageBuild a stoveMove the hearthAcquire propertyMove into a homeBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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