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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 2208

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Lunar month 631Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 61Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 62Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 63Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 64Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 65Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 66Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn7Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 68Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 69Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 610Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 611Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 712Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 713Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 714Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 715Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 716Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 717Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 718Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 719Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 720Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 721Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 722Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingEnd of Heat23Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 724Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 725Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 726Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 727Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 728Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 729Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 730Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 731Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew7Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 78Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 79Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 710Day 30SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, August 28, 2208

Lunar 二二〇八年 · 七月十七

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. 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. End of Heat

    Tue

    2208-08-23

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2208-08-28

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. White Dew

    Wed

    2208-09-07

    In 10 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Fri

    2208-09-23

    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

戊申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

庚申

七月十七

Day cycle

戊辰

大林木

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Install machineryFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateUniversal blessing riteTravelMove the hearth

Avoid

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

Move into a homeMarriageDig a wellAnimal husbandry

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬戌)狗 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

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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