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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

August 2020

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Lunar month 626Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 627Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 628Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 629Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 631Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 66Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn7Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 68Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 69Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 610Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 611Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 612Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 613Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 614Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 615Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 616Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 617Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 618Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteEnd of Heat22Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 723Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 724Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, August 23, 2020

Lunar 二〇二〇年 · 七月初五

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Fri

    2020-08-07

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2020-08-23

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. White Dew

    Mon

    2020-09-07

    In 15 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    2020-09-22

    In 30 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

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

甲申

七月初五

Day cycle

戊戌

平地木

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalTravelVisit friends and familyConstructionRaise a roof beamRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

Open for businessBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬辰)龙 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

Favourable

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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