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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 2003

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Lunar month 529Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 61Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 64Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 65Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 66Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Heat7Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 68Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 69Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 610Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 611Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 612Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 613Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 614Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 615Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 616Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 617Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 618Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 619Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 620Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 621Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 622Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Heat23Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 624Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 625Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 626Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 627Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 628Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 729Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 77Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn8Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, July 26, 2003

Lunar 二〇〇三年 · 六月廿七

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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. Greater Heat

    Wed

    2003-07-23

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2003-07-26

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Fri

    2003-08-08

    In 13 days

  4. End of Heat

    Sat

    2003-08-23

    In 28 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

癸未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

己未

六月廿七

Day cycle

庚子

壁上土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersLift misfortuneGroom nailsSet a bedBathingFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

MarriagePurification riteOpen for businessMove the hearthMove into a homeRelocateTravelBuild a stoveInstall doorsTimber work

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲午)马 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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