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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 2001

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Lunar month 629Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 630Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn7Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 68Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 69Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 610Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 611Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 612Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 613Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 614Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 615Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 616Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 617Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 618Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 719Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 720Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 721Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 722Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat23Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 724Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 725Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 726Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew7Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 78Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, August 3, 2001

Lunar 二〇〇一年 · 六月十四

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. Greater Heat

    Mon

    2001-07-23

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2001-08-03

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Tue

    2001-08-07

    In 4 days

  4. End of Heat

    Thu

    2001-08-23

    In 20 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

大暑 → 立秋

Year cycle

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

乙未

六月十四

Day cycle

戊戌

平地木

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringMarriageHuntingMake nets

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialTreat illnessDig a channel

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬辰)龙 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

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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