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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 1996

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Lunar month 628Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 629Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 631Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 66Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn7Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 68Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 69Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 610Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 611Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 612Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 613Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat23Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 724Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWhite Dew7Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 15, 1996

Lunar 一九九六年 · 七月初二

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Wed

    1996-08-07

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1996-08-15

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. End of Heat

    Fri

    1996-08-23

    In 8 days

  4. White Dew

    Sat

    1996-09-07

    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

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

丙申

七月初二

Day cycle

甲申

泉中水

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageComing-of-age riteMake an offeringBathingUniversal blessing riteTravelReceive wealthClean the homeReceive livestockTake office

Avoid

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

Open for businessBreak groundBreak ground for burialSet a bedOpen a storehouseRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊寅)虎 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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