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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 2002

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Lunar month 628Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 629Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 630Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 631Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 61Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 62Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 63Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 64Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 65Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 66Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 67Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn8Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 712Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 713Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 714Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 715Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 716Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 717Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 718Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 719Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 720Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 721Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 722Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingEnd of Heat23Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 724Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 725Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 726Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 727Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 728Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 729Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 730Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 731Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 87Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, August 7, 2002

Lunar 二〇〇二年 · 六月廿九

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Tue

    2002-07-23

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2002-08-07

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Thu

    2002-08-08

    In 1 days

  4. End of Heat

    Fri

    2002-08-23

    In 16 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

壬午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

丁未

六月廿九

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConstructionTravelBuild a houseRaise pillarsMake vehicles and toolsTrain livestockBuild animal sheltersHarvest honey

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialDig a wellBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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