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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 1999

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Lunar month 61Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 67Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn8Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 69Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 610Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 711Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 712Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 713Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 714Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 715Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 716Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 717Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 718Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 719Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 720Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 721Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 722Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat23Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 724Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 725Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 726Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 727Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 77Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew8Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 811Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, August 27, 1999

Lunar 一九九九年 · 七月十七

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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

    Mon

    1999-08-23

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1999-08-27

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. White Dew

    Wed

    1999-09-08

    In 12 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Thu

    1999-09-23

    In 27 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

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

壬申

七月十七

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Build a stoveBathingRepair wallsLevel roadsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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