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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.

July 1987

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 628Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 629Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 61Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 64Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 65Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 66Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Heat7Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 68Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 69Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 610Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 611Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 612Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 613Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 614Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 615Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 616Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 617Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 618Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 619Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 620Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 621Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 622Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Heat23Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 624Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 625Day 30NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 626Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 627Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 628Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 629Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 630Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 631Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 61Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 62Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 63Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 64Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 65Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 66Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 67Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn8Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, July 8, 1987

Lunar 一九八七年 · 六月十三

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. Summer Solstice

    Mon

    1987-06-22

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1987-07-08

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Thu

    1987-07-23

    In 15 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Sat

    1987-08-08

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

小暑 → 大暑

Year cycle

丁卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

丁未

六月十三

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSeal openingsMake netsHuntingAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

RelocateOpen for businessMove into a homeMarriageConsecrateInstall doors

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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