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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 2171

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Lunar month 628Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 629Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 630Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 631Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 61Day 30Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn7Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 78Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 710Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 711Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 712Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 713Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 714Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 715Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 716Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 717Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 718Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 719Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 720Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 721Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 722Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat23Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 724Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 725Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 726Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 727Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 728Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 729Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 831Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 81Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 82Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 83Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 87Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, August 7, 2171

Lunar 二一七一年 · 七月初六

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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. Greater Heat

    Tue

    2171-07-23

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2171-08-07

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. End of Heat

    Fri

    2171-08-23

    In 16 days

  4. White Dew

    Sun

    2171-09-08

    In 32 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

辛未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

丙申

七月初六

Day cycle

癸巳

长流水

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Sculpture and paintingConsecrateLift misfortuneMake a pactFormal betrothalMarriageMove the hearthConstructionBreak groundRelocate

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁亥)猪 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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