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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 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

Tuesday, August 28, 2238

Lunar 二二三八年 · 七月十八

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Thu

    2238-08-23

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2238-08-28

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. White Dew

    Sat

    2238-09-08

    In 11 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Sun

    2238-09-23

    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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

庚申

七月十八

Day cycle

乙巳

覆灯火

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersInstall machineryBuild a stoveReceive livestock

Avoid

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

Break groundBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己亥)猪 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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