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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 2000

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Lunar month 630Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn7Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 78Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 79Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 710Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 711Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 712Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 713Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 714Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 715Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 716Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 717Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 718Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 719Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 720Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 721Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 722Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat23Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 724Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 725Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 726Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 727Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 829Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 830Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 831Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew7Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 88Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 89Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, August 9, 2000

Lunar 二〇〇〇年 · 七月初十

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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. Start of Autumn

    Mon

    2000-08-07

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2000-08-09

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. End of Heat

    Wed

    2000-08-23

    In 14 days

  4. White Dew

    Thu

    2000-09-07

    In 29 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

庚辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

甲申

七月初十

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingRepair wallsLevel roadsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageOffer prayers

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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