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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 2005

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Lunar month 631Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 61Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 64Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn7Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 78Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 710Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 711Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 712Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 713Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 714Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 715Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 716Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 717Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 718Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 719Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 720Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 721Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 722Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat23Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 724Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 725Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 726Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 727Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 728Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 729Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 84Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew7Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 88Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 89Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 810Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 11, 2005

Lunar 二〇〇五年 · 七月初七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Sun

    2005-08-07

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2005-08-11

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. End of Heat

    Tue

    2005-08-23

    In 12 days

  4. White Dew

    Wed

    2005-09-07

    In 27 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

乙酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

甲申

七月初七

Day cycle

丁卯

炉中火

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageConsecrateMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenSet an altarMove the hearthLift misfortuneTimber workMove into a home

Avoid

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

Dig a wellHaircutBuild a stoveBreak groundBreak ground for burialDig a pond

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛酉)鸡 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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