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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

Friday, August 16, 2019

Lunar 二〇一九年 · 七月十六

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Thu

    2019-08-08

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2019-08-16

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. End of Heat

    Fri

    2019-08-23

    In 7 days

  4. White Dew

    Sun

    2019-09-08

    In 23 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

己亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

壬申

七月十六

Day cycle

乙酉

泉中水

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingHaircutGroom nailsComing-of-age riteLift misfortuneFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

MarriageTravelMove into a homeOpen for businessInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己卯)兔 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

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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