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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 2013

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Lunar month 530Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 51Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 52Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 53Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 54Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 55Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 56Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Heat7Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 68Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 69Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 610Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 611Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 612Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 613Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 614Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 615Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 616Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 617Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 618Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 619Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 620Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 621Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Heat22Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 623Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 624Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 625Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 626Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 627Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 628Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 629Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 630Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 631Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 61Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 64Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 65Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 66Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn7Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 78Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 710Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, July 20, 2013

Lunar 二〇一三年 · 六月十三

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

    Sun

    2013-07-07

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2013-07-20

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Mon

    2013-07-22

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Wed

    2013-08-07

    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

癸巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

己未

六月十三

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTimber workMove the hearthDismantleMove into a homeSet a bedConstruction

Avoid

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

MarriagePlantingFuneral processionHaircutTend a graveBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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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