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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 2009

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Lunar month 626Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 627Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 628Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 629Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 630Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn7Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 68Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 69Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 610Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 611Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 612Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 613Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 614Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 615Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 616Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 617Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 618Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 619Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 720Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 721Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 722Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat23Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 724Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 725Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 726Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, August 9, 2009

Lunar 二〇〇九年 · 六月十九

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for deep study and thoughtful travel. 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

    Fri

    2009-08-07

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2009-08-09

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sun

    2009-08-23

    In 14 days

  4. White Dew

    Mon

    2009-09-07

    In 29 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

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

壬申

六月十九

Day cycle

丙戌

屋上土

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Sculpture and paintingComing-of-age riteMarriageVisit friends and familyWelcome a household memberMeridian therapyCut garmentsPlantingReceive livestockAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Offer prayersOpen for businessBreak groundFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚辰)龙 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

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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