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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

July 2004

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Lunar month 527Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 528Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 51Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 56Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Heat7Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 58Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 59Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 510Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 511Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 512Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 513Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 514Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 515Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 516Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 617Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 618Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 619Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 620Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 621Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Heat22Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 623Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 624Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 625Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 626Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 627Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 628Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 629Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 631Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 66Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn7Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, July 4, 2004

Lunar 二〇〇四年 · 五月十七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    2004-06-21

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2004-07-04

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Lesser Heat

    Wed

    2004-07-07

    In 3 days

  4. Greater Heat

    Thu

    2004-07-22

    In 18 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

夏至 → 小暑

Year cycle

甲申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

庚午

五月十七

Day cycle

甲申

泉中水

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecratePray for childrenTravelComing-of-age riteMarriageTimber workSet up a horse frameSet roof-post openingsConstructionRelocate

Avoid

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

Set a bedDispatch goodsBuild a stoveBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊寅)虎 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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