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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 1994

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Lunar month 631Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 61Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 62Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 63Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 64Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 65Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 66Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 77Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn8Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 712Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 713Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 714Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 715Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 716Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 717Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 718Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 719Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 720Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 721Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 722Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingEnd of Heat23Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 724Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 725Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 726Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 727Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 728Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 729Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 730Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 731Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 86Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew8Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 89Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 810Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, August 12, 1994

Lunar 一九九四年 · 七月初六

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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. Start of Autumn

    Mon

    1994-08-08

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1994-08-12

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. End of Heat

    Tue

    1994-08-23

    In 11 days

  4. White Dew

    Thu

    1994-09-08

    In 27 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

甲戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

壬申

七月初六

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactConsecrateMake an offeringTravelHaircutBreak groundSet a bedRelease water

Avoid

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

Move into a homeRaise a roof beamFuneral preparationBuild a houseVisit the sickBuild a stoveInstall doorsBurialReceive livestockTimber work

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲子)鼠 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

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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