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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 2236

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Lunar month 631Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn7Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 78Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 722Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseEnd of Heat23Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 724Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 725Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 726Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 727Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew7Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 88Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 89Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 810Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, August 15, 2236

Lunar 二二三六年 · 七月十三

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. 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. Start of Autumn

    Sun

    2236-08-07

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2236-08-15

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. End of Heat

    Tue

    2236-08-23

    In 8 days

  4. White Dew

    Wed

    2236-09-07

    In 23 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

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

丙申

七月十三

Day cycle

壬午

杨柳木

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringPurification riteUniversal blessing riteLift misfortuneTravelVisit friends and familyOpen for business

Avoid

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

Move the hearthMove into a homeBuild a houseInstall doorsBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙子)鼠 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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