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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 2017

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Leap lunar month 630Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 631Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 61Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 62Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 63Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 64Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 65Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 66Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn7Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 68Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 69Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 610Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 611Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 612Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 613Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 614Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 615Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 616Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 617Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 618Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 619Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 620Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 621Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 722Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat23Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 724Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 725Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 726Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew7Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 78Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 79Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, August 11, 2017

Lunar 二〇一七年 · 闰六月二十

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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. Start of Autumn

    Mon

    2017-08-07

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2017-08-11

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. End of Heat

    Wed

    2017-08-23

    In 12 days

  4. White Dew

    Thu

    2017-09-07

    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

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

戊申

闰六月二十

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactConsecrateMake an offeringTravelHaircutBreak groundSet a bedRelease water

Avoid

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

Move into a homeRaise a roof beamFuneral preparationBuild a houseVisit the sickBuild a stoveInstall doorsBurialReceive livestockTimber work

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲子)鼠 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

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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