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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 2006

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Lunar month 730Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn7Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 78Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 722Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseEnd of Heat23Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 724Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 725Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 726Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 727Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 728Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 729Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 730Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 731Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 71Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 72Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 73Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 74Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 75Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 76Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 77Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew8Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 79Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, August 20, 2006

Lunar 二〇〇六年 · 七月廿七

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. Start of Autumn

    Mon

    2006-08-07

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2006-08-20

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. End of Heat

    Wed

    2006-08-23

    In 3 days

  4. White Dew

    Fri

    2006-09-08

    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

丙戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

丙申

七月廿七

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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