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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 2223

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Lunar month 627Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 628Day 30NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 77Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn8Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 712Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 713Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 714Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 715Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 716Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 717Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 718Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 719Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 720Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 721Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 722Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 723Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat24Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 725Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 726Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 827Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 828Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 829Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 831Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, August 5, 2223

Lunar 二二二三年 · 七月初八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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

    Wed

    2223-07-23

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2223-08-05

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Fri

    2223-08-08

    In 3 days

  4. End of Heat

    Sun

    2223-08-24

    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

癸亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

己未

七月初八

Day cycle

癸亥

大海水

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingClean the homeAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁巳)蛇 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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