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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 2016

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Lunar month 526Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 527Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 528Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 529Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 530Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 51Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Heat7Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 68Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 69Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 610Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 611Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 612Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 613Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 614Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 615Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 616Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 617Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 618Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 619Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 620Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 621Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Heat22Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 623Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 624Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 625Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 626Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 627Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 628Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 629Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 631Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 30SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, July 17, 2016

Lunar 二〇一六年 · 六月十四

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Thu

    2016-07-07

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2016-07-17

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Fri

    2016-07-22

    In 5 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Sun

    2016-08-07

    In 21 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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

乙未

六月十四

Day cycle

庚子

壁上土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersLift misfortuneGroom nailsSet a bedBathingFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

MarriagePurification riteOpen for businessMove the hearthMove into a homeRelocateTravelBuild a stoveInstall doorsTimber work

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲午)马 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

Avoid

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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