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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

Wednesday, August 20, 2003

Lunar 二〇〇三年 · 七月廿三

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for thoughtful travel and clear agreements. 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. Start of Autumn

    Fri

    2003-08-08

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2003-08-20

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sat

    2003-08-23

    In 3 days

  4. White Dew

    Mon

    2003-09-08

    In 19 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

七月廿三

Day cycle

乙丑

海中金

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Break ground for burialBurialMove a coffinFuneral preparationMake an offeringCaptureEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageMove into a homeOpen for businessTrade

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己未)羊 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 丑不冠带主不还乡

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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