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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 2103

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Lunar month 629Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 630Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 77Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn8Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 79Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 710Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 711Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 712Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 713Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 714Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 715Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 716Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 717Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 718Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 719Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 720Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 721Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 722Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 723Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsEnd of Heat24Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 725Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 726Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 81Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 82Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 83Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 84Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 85Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 86Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 87Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWhite Dew8Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, August 29, 2103

Lunar 二一〇三年 · 七月廿七

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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

    Fri

    2103-08-24

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2103-08-29

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. White Dew

    Sat

    2103-09-08

    In 10 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Sun

    2103-09-23

    In 25 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

癸亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

庚申

七月廿七

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneSet a bedPlantingMove a coffin

Avoid

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

Build a houseFuneral preparationBurialTimber workMove into a homeRelocateAcquire propertyReceive livestock

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

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

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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