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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 2231

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Lunar month 731Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 77Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn8Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 712Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 713Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 714Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 715Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 716Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 717Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 718Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 719Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 720Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 721Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 722Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingEnd of Heat23Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 724Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 725Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 726Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 727Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 828Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 829Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 831Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew8Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 89Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 810Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, August 28, 2231

Lunar 二二三一年 · 八月初一

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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. End of Heat

    Tue

    2231-08-23

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2231-08-28

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. White Dew

    Thu

    2231-09-08

    In 11 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Fri

    2231-09-23

    In 26 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

处暑 → 白露

Year cycle

辛未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

丙申

八月初一

Day cycle

戊辰

大林木

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Install machineryFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateUniversal blessing riteTravelMove the hearth

Avoid

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

Move into a homeMarriageDig a wellAnimal husbandry

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬戌)狗 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

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

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

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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