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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

Thursday, August 20, 2015

Lunar 二〇一五年 · 七月初七

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2015-08-20

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sun

    2015-08-23

    In 3 days

  4. White Dew

    Tue

    2015-09-08

    In 19 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

七月初七

Day cycle

戊辰

大林木

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Install machineryFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateUniversal blessing riteTravelMove the hearth

Avoid

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

Move into a homeMarriageDig a wellAnimal husbandry

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬戌)狗 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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