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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 2016

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Lunar month 631Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 30SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn7Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 78Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 79Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 710Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 711Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 712Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 713Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 714Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 715Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 716Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 717Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 718Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 719Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 720Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 721Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 722Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat23Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 724Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 725Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 726Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 727Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew7Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 88Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 89Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 4, 2016

Lunar 二〇一六年 · 七月初二

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Fri

    2016-07-22

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2016-08-04

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Sun

    2016-08-07

    In 3 days

  4. End of Heat

    Tue

    2016-08-23

    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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

乙未

七月初二

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSeal openingsMake netsHuntingAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

RelocateOpen for businessMove into a homeMarriageConsecrateInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

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

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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