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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

Thursday, August 30, 2018

Lunar 二〇一八年 · 七月二十

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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. End of Heat

    Thu

    2018-08-23

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2018-08-30

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. White Dew

    Sat

    2018-09-08

    In 9 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Sun

    2018-09-23

    In 24 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

处暑 → 白露

Year cycle

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

庚申

七月二十

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Offer prayersTravelMake a pactFormal betrothalMarriageCut garmentsBreak groundSet a bedRelease waterOpen for business

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊子)鼠 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

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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