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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 2003

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Lunar month 627Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 628Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 729Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 77Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn8Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 712Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 713Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat23Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 724Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 828Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 829Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 831Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, August 9, 2003

Lunar 二〇〇三年 · 七月十二

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Wed

    2003-07-23

    Passed 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2003-08-09

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sat

    2003-08-23

    In 14 days

  4. White Dew

    Mon

    2003-09-08

    In 30 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

癸未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

庚申

七月十二

Day cycle

甲寅

大溪水

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Demolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid 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

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊申)猴 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

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

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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