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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 2014

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Lunar month 727Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn7Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 78Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 712Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 713Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 714Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 715Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 716Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 717Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 718Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 719Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 720Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 721Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 722Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseEnd of Heat23Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 724Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 825Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 826Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 827Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 828Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 831Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 81Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 82Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 83Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 84Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 85Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 86Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, August 14, 2014

Lunar 二〇一四年 · 七月十九

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. Start of Autumn

    Thu

    2014-08-07

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2014-08-14

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. End of Heat

    Sat

    2014-08-23

    In 9 days

  4. White Dew

    Mon

    2014-09-08

    In 25 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

甲午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

壬申

七月十九

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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