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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 2104

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Lunar month 627Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 628Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 629Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 630Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn7Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 68Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 69Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 610Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 611Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 612Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 613Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 614Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 615Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 616Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 617Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 618Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 619Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 620Day 30NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 721Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 722Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingEnd of Heat23Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 724Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 725Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 726Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, August 23, 2104

Lunar 二一〇四年 · 七月初三

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. Start of Autumn

    Thu

    2104-08-07

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2104-08-23

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. White Dew

    Sun

    2104-09-07

    In 15 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Tue

    2104-09-23

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

Solar term · 处暑

Year cycle

甲子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

壬申

七月初三

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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