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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

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Lunar 二〇〇八年 · 七月廿四

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Thu

    2008-08-07

    Passed 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2008-08-24

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. White Dew

    Sun

    2008-09-07

    In 14 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Mon

    2008-09-22

    In 29 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

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

庚申

七月廿四

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageTravelReceive livestockMake an offeringFuneral preparationTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

Build a stoveBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚寅)虎 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

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

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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