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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 2012

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 51Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 56Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Heat7Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 58Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 59Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 510Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 511Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 512Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 513Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 514Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 515Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 516Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 517Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 518Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 619Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 620Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 621Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Heat22Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 623Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 624Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 625Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 626Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 627Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 628Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 629Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 631Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 66Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn7Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 68Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 69Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 610Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 611Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, July 12, 2012

Lunar 二〇一二年 · 五月廿四

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Sat

    2012-07-07

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2012-07-12

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Sun

    2012-07-22

    In 10 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Tue

    2012-08-07

    In 26 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

壬辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

丁未

五月廿四

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringCut garmentsMake netsComing-of-age riteBathing

Avoid

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

Open a storehouseDispatch goodsAcquire propertyBurialBreak groundBreak ground for burialDig a wellPlanting

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

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

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

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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