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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 2017

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Lunar month 625Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 626Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 627Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 628Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 629Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 630Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 61Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 62Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 63Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 64Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 65Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 66Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Heat7Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 68Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 69Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 610Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 611Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 612Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 613Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 614Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 615Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 616Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 617Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 618Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 619Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 620Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 621Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Heat22Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 623Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 624Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 625Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 626Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 627Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 628Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 629Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 630Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 631Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 61Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 62Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 63Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 64Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 65Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, July 3, 2017

Lunar 二〇一七年 · 六月初十

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Wed

    2017-06-21

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2017-07-03

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Lesser Heat

    Fri

    2017-07-07

    In 4 days

  4. Greater Heat

    Sat

    2017-07-22

    In 19 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

夏至 → 小暑

Year cycle

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

丙午

六月初十

Day cycle

辛卯

松柏木

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringCaptureFishingRepair wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙酉)鸡 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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