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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 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

Monday, August 30, 2004

Lunar 二〇〇四年 · 七月十五

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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. End of Heat

    Mon

    2004-08-23

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2004-08-30

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. White Dew

    Tue

    2004-09-07

    In 8 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Thu

    2004-09-23

    In 24 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

处暑 → 白露

Year cycle

甲申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

壬申

七月十五

Day cycle

辛巳

白蜡金

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalBuild a stoveComing-of-age riteCut garmentsVisit friends and familyReceive livestockAnimal husbandryInstall machinery

Avoid

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

Dig a wellTravelBreak ground for burialFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙亥)猪 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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