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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 2008

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Lunar month 627Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 628Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 629Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 631Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn7Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 78Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 79Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 710Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 711Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 712Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 713Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 714Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 715Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 716Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 717Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 718Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 719Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 720Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 721Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 722Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat23Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 724Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 725Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 726Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 727Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 831Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, August 8, 2008

Lunar 二〇〇八年 · 七月初八

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. 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. Greater Heat

    Tue

    2008-07-22

    Passed 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2008-08-08

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sat

    2008-08-23

    In 15 days

  4. White Dew

    Sun

    2008-09-07

    In 30 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

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

庚申

七月初八

Day cycle

庚辰

白蜡金

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteUniversal blessing riteRelocateMove into a homeBreak groundTreat illnessOpen for business

Avoid

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

Formal betrothalMake a pactMeridian therapyFuneral processionBurialVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲戌)狗 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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