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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

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Lunar 二〇一一年 · 八月初二

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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

    Tue

    2011-08-23

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2011-08-30

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. White Dew

    Thu

    2011-09-08

    In 9 days

  4. Autumn Equinox

    Fri

    2011-09-23

    In 24 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

辛卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

丙申

八月初二

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateLift misfortuneWelcome a household memberTradeExecute an agreementReceive wealthReceive livestock

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialMarriageHaircutTravelMove into a homeRelocateSeparate householdsSet an altarMove the hearth

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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