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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 2010

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Lunar month 527Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 528Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 529Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 530Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 51Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 52Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 53Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 54Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 55Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 56Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Heat7Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 58Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 59Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 510Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 511Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 612Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 613Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 614Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 615Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 616Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 617Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 618Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 619Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 620Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 621Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 622Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Heat23Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 624Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 625Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 626Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 627Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 628Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 629Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 630Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 631Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 61Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 62Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 63Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 64Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 65Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 66Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn7Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Lunar 二〇一〇年 · 五月廿七

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. Summer Solstice

    Mon

    2010-06-21

    Passed 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2010-07-08

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Fri

    2010-07-23

    In 15 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Sat

    2010-08-07

    In 30 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

庚寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

癸未

五月廿七

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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