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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 2005

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 526Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 527Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 528Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 529Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 530Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 51Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 52Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 53Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 54Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 55Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Heat7Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 68Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 69Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 610Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 611Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 612Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 613Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 614Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 615Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 616Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 617Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 618Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 619Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 620Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 621Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 622Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Heat23Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 624Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 625Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 626Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 627Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 628Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 629Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 630Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 631Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 61Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 64Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, July 20, 2005

Lunar 二〇〇五年 · 六月十五

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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

    Thu

    2005-07-07

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2005-07-20

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Sat

    2005-07-23

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Sun

    2005-08-07

    In 18 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

乙酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

癸未

六月十五

Day cycle

乙巳

覆灯火

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMake an offeringBathingSculpture and paintingConsecrateMove the hearthTreat illnessPractise a craft

Avoid

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

TravelBurialBuild a bridge

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己亥)猪 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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