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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 2009

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Leap lunar month 528Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 529Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 530Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 51Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 52Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 53Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 54Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 55Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 56Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Heat7Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 58Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 59Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 510Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 511Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 512Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 513Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 514Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 515Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 516Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 517Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 518Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 519Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 520Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 521Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 622Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Heat23Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 624Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 625Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 626Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 627Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 628Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 629Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 630Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn7Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 68Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Lunar 二〇〇九年 · 闰五月十九

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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

    Tue

    2009-07-07

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2009-07-11

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Thu

    2009-07-23

    In 12 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Fri

    2009-08-07

    In 27 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

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

辛未

闰五月十九

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateSeek medical careTreat illnessMarriageVisit friends and familyRelease waterDig a wellAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Build a houseMove into a homeBuild a stoveBegin studyBurialFuneral procession

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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