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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 2008

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 529Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 530Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 51Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Heat7Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 68Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 69Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 610Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 611Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 612Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 613Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 614Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 615Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 616Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 617Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 618Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 619Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 620Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 621Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Heat22Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 623Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 624Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 625Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 626Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 627Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 628Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 629Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 631Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn7Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 78Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 79Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, July 18, 2008

Lunar 二〇〇八年 · 六月十六

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and warm gatherings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Mon

    2008-07-07

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2008-07-18

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Tue

    2008-07-22

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Thu

    2008-08-07

    In 20 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

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

己未

六月十六

Day cycle

己未

天上火

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessReceive wealthMake an offeringSculpture and paintingInstall machineryComing-of-age riteVisit friends and familyCut garmentsOpen a storehouseMeridian therapy

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialBurialTreat illness

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸丑)牛 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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