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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 2001

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Lunar month 51Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 52Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 53Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 54Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 55Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 56Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Heat7Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 58Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 59Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 510Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 511Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 512Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 513Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 514Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 515Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 516Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 517Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 518Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 519Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 520Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 621Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 622Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Heat23Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 624Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 625Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 626Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 627Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 628Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 629Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 630Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn7Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 68Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 69Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 610Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 611Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, July 17, 2001

Lunar 二〇〇一年 · 五月廿七

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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. Lesser Heat

    Sat

    2001-07-07

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2001-07-17

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Mon

    2001-07-23

    In 6 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Tue

    2001-08-07

    In 21 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

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

乙未

五月廿七

Day cycle

辛巳

白蜡金

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateOpen for businessAnimal husbandryHaircut

Avoid

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

MarriageTravelBurialFuneral preparationMove into a homeBuild a stoveComing-of-age riteRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙亥)猪 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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