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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 2015

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TODAY
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Lunar month 528Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 529Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 530Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 51Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 55Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 56Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Heat7Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 58Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 59Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 510Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 511Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 512Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 513Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 514Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 515Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 616Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 617Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 618Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 619Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 620Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 621Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 622Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Heat23Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 624Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 625Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 626Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 627Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 628Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 629Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 631Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 67Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn8Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Lunar 二〇一五年 · 六月十三

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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. Greater Heat

    Thu

    2015-07-23

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2015-07-28

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Sat

    2015-08-08

    In 11 days

  4. End of Heat

    Sun

    2015-08-23

    In 26 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

大暑 → 立秋

Year cycle

乙未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

癸未

六月十三

Day cycle

乙巳

覆灯火

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMake an offeringBathingSculpture and paintingConsecrateMove the hearthTreat illnessPractise a craft

Avoid

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

TravelBurialBuild a bridge

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己亥)猪 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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