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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

Friday, August 24, 2012

Lunar 二〇一二年 · 七月初八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Tue

    2012-08-07

    Passed 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2012-08-24

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. White Dew

    Fri

    2012-09-07

    In 14 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Sat

    2012-09-22

    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

壬辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

戊申

七月初八

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateLift misfortuneWelcome a household memberTradeExecute an agreementReceive wealthReceive livestock

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialMarriageHaircutTravelMove into a homeRelocateSeparate householdsSet an altarMove the hearth

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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