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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 2012

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Lunar month 629Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 631Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 66Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn7Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 68Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 69Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 610Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 611Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 612Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 613Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 614Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 615Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 616Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat23Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 724Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew7Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 78Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, August 4, 2012

Lunar 二〇一二年 · 六月十七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. 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. Greater Heat

    Sun

    2012-07-22

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2012-08-04

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Tue

    2012-08-07

    In 3 days

  4. End of Heat

    Thu

    2012-08-23

    In 19 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

大暑 → 立秋

Year cycle

壬辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

丁未

六月十七

Day cycle

丁酉

山下火

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake vehicles and toolsConsecrateTravelDismantleLay foundationsSet a bedEnd mourning dress

Avoid

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

Raise a roof beamMove into a homeConstructionBreak groundBreak ground for burialMake an offeringOffer prayersPurification rite

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛卯)兔 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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