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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 2019

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Lunar month 628Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 629Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 631Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 77Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn8Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 712Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 713Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat23Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 724Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 831Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, August 3, 2019

Lunar 二〇一九年 · 七月初三

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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. Greater Heat

    Tue

    2019-07-23

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2019-08-03

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Thu

    2019-08-08

    In 5 days

  4. End of Heat

    Fri

    2019-08-23

    In 20 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

己亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

辛未

七月初三

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteTreat illnessBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

Open for businessMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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