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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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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

Thursday, August 9, 2238

Lunar 二二三八年 · 六月廿九

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for deep study and thoughtful travel. 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. Greater Heat

    Mon

    2238-07-23

    Passed 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2238-08-09

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. End of Heat

    Thu

    2238-08-23

    In 14 days

  4. White Dew

    Sat

    2238-09-08

    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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

庚申

六月廿九

Day cycle

丙戌

屋上土

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Sculpture and paintingComing-of-age riteMarriageVisit friends and familyWelcome a household memberMeridian therapyCut garmentsPlantingReceive livestockAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Offer prayersOpen for businessBreak groundFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚辰)龙 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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