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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 2011

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Lunar month 731Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 77Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn8Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 712Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 713Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 714Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 715Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 716Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 717Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 718Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 719Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 720Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 721Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 722Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationEnd of Heat23Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 724Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 725Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 726Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 829Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 830Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 831Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 81Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 82Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 83Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 84Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 85Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 86Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 87Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWhite Dew8Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 89Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 810Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Lunar 二〇一一年 · 七月初五

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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. Greater Heat

    Sat

    2011-07-23

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2011-08-04

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Mon

    2011-08-08

    In 4 days

  4. End of Heat

    Tue

    2011-08-23

    In 19 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

大暑 → 立秋

Year cycle

辛卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

乙未

七月初五

Day cycle

辛卯

松柏木

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateMove the hearthTravelDismantle

Avoid

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

Dig a wellTimber workReceive livestockPrepare a coffin

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙酉)鸡 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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