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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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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
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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

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Lunar 二〇〇九年 · 七月初七

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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. End of Heat

    Sun

    2009-08-23

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2009-08-26

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. White Dew

    Mon

    2009-09-07

    In 12 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Wed

    2009-09-23

    In 28 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

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

壬申

七月初七

Day cycle

癸卯

金箔金

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalTravelOpen for businessMake an offeringOffer prayersRelocateMove into a homeTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁酉)鸡 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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