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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 18, 2005

Lunar 二〇〇五年 · 七月十四

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2005-08-18

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. End of Heat

    Tue

    2005-08-23

    In 5 days

  4. White Dew

    Wed

    2005-09-07

    In 20 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

七月十四

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingHaircutVisit friends and familySculpture and paintingConsecratePlantingAnimal husbandryMarriageMeridian therapyMend walls

Avoid

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

Open for businessMove into a homeBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialBuild a stoveRaise a roof beamSet a bedOpen a storehouseOffer prayers

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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