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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 2238

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TODAY
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Lunar month 629Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 630Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 67Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn8Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 69Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 610Day 30Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 711Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 712Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 713Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 714Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 715Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 716Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 717Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 718Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 719Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 720Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 721Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 722Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat23Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 724Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 725Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 726Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 77Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew8Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, August 8, 2238

Lunar 二二三八年 · 六月廿八

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Mon

    2238-07-23

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2238-08-08

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. End of Heat

    Thu

    2238-08-23

    In 15 days

  4. White Dew

    Sat

    2238-09-08

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 立秋

Year cycle

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

庚申

六月廿八

Day cycle

乙酉

泉中水

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingHaircutGroom nailsComing-of-age riteLift misfortuneFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

MarriageTravelMove into a homeOpen for businessInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己卯)兔 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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