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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 2239

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Lunar month 628Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 629Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 630Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 77Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn8Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 712Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 713Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 714Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 715Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 716Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 717Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 718Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 719Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 720Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 721Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 722Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingEnd of Heat23Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 724Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 725Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 726Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 727Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 728Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 729Day 30SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 830Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 831Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 81Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 82Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 83Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 84Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 85Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, August 3, 2239

Lunar 二二三九年 · 七月初四

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

    Tue

    2239-07-23

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2239-08-03

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Thu

    2239-08-08

    In 5 days

  4. End of Heat

    Fri

    2239-08-23

    In 20 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

大暑 → 立秋

Year cycle

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

辛未

七月初四

Day cycle

乙酉

泉中水

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageConsecrateLift misfortuneSet a bedAnimal husbandryHaircutOpen for businessFuneral preparationTomb-opening riteMove a coffin

Avoid

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

Build a stoveBreak groundRaise a roof beamPlantingMove into a homeRelocateConstructionOffer prayers

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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