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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 2225

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Lunar month 631Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn7Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 78Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 712Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 713Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat23Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 724Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew8Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 89Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 810Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, August 9, 2225

Lunar 二二二五年 · 七月初五

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for warm gatherings and thoughtful travel. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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. Start of Autumn

    Sun

    2225-08-07

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2225-08-09

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. End of Heat

    Tue

    2225-08-23

    In 14 days

  4. White Dew

    Thu

    2225-09-08

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

立秋 → 处暑

Year cycle

乙丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

甲申

七月初五

Day cycle

戊寅

城头土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Purification riteOpen for business

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬申)猴 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

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

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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