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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 2020

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TODAY
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Thu
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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 30, 2020

Lunar 二〇二〇年 · 七月十二

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Sat

    2020-08-22

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2020-08-30

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. White Dew

    Mon

    2020-09-07

    In 8 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    2020-09-22

    In 23 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

七月十二

Day cycle

乙巳

覆灯火

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersInstall machineryBuild a stoveReceive livestock

Avoid

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

Break groundBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己亥)猪 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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