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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 2013

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Lunar month 628Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 629Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 630Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 631Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 61Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 64Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 65Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 66Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn7Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 78Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 710Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 711Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 712Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 713Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 714Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 715Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 716Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 717Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 718Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 719Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 720Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 721Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 722Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat23Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 724Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 725Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 726Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 727Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 728Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 729Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 85Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 86Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWhite Dew7Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, August 23, 2013

Lunar 二〇一三年 · 七月十七

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. 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. Start of Autumn

    Wed

    2013-08-07

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2013-08-23

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. White Dew

    Sat

    2013-09-07

    In 15 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Mon

    2013-09-23

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 处暑

Year cycle

癸巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

庚申

七月十七

Day cycle

辛酉

石榴木

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneDismantleConstructionBreak groundLay foundationsRaise a roof beamSet a bedInstall doorsDig a channel

Avoid

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

MarriageTravelWelcome a household memberBuild a stoveMove into a homeRelocatePlantingTake office

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙卯)兔 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

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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