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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

August 2004

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Lunar month 61Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 66Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn7Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 68Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 69Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 610Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 611Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 612Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 613Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 614Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 615Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat23Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 724Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew7Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 78Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, August 7, 2004

Lunar 二〇〇四年 · 六月廿二

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Thu

    2004-07-22

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2004-08-07

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. End of Heat

    Mon

    2004-08-23

    In 16 days

  4. White Dew

    Tue

    2004-09-07

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 立秋

Year cycle

甲申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

壬申

六月廿二

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneSet a bedPlantingMove a coffin

Avoid

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

Build a houseFuneral preparationBurialTimber workMove into a homeRelocateAcquire propertyReceive livestock

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

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

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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