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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 2015

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Lunar month 626Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 627Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 628Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 629Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 631Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 67Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn8Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 69Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 610Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 611Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 612Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 613Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 714Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 715Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 716Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 717Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 718Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 719Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 720Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 721Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 722Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat23Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 724Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 725Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 726Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 727Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Lunar 二〇一五年 · 六月廿八

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for warm gatherings and deep study. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Sat

    2015-08-08

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2015-08-12

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sun

    2015-08-23

    In 11 days

  4. White Dew

    Tue

    2015-09-08

    In 27 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

乙未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

甲申

六月廿八

Day cycle

庚申

石榴木

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringCut garmentsInstall doorsReceive wealthClean the homeTravelWelcome a household memberBuild a stoveReceive livestockBuild animal shelters

Avoid

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

Set a bedBreak groundBurialPrepare a burial plotPrepare a coffin

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲寅)虎 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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