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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 2018

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Lunar month 629Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 630Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 631Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 61Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 62Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 63Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 64Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 65Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 66Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn7Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 68Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 69Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 610Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 712Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 713Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 714Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 715Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 716Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 717Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 718Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 719Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 720Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 721Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 722Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingEnd of Heat23Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 724Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 725Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 726Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 727Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 728Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 729Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 730Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 731Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 71Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 77Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWhite Dew8Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, August 20, 2018

Lunar 二〇一八年 · 七月初十

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. 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

    Tue

    2018-08-07

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2018-08-20

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. End of Heat

    Thu

    2018-08-23

    In 3 days

  4. White Dew

    Sat

    2018-09-08

    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

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

庚申

七月初十

Day cycle

甲申

泉中水

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageComing-of-age riteMake an offeringBathingUniversal blessing riteTravelReceive wealthClean the homeReceive livestockTake office

Avoid

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

Open for businessBreak groundBreak ground for burialSet a bedOpen a storehouseRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊寅)虎 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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