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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 2019

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Lunar month 530Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 51Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 64Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 65Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 66Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Heat7Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 68Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 69Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 610Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 611Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 612Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 613Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 614Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 615Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 616Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 617Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 618Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 619Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 620Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 621Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 622Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Heat23Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 624Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 625Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 626Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 627Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 628Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 629Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 631Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 77Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn8Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, July 8, 2019

Lunar 二〇一九年 · 六月初六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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. Summer Solstice

    Fri

    2019-06-21

    Passed 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2019-07-08

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Tue

    2019-07-23

    In 15 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Thu

    2019-08-08

    In 31 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

己亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

辛未

六月初六

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurialSeal openingsPest control

Avoid

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

Open for businessMove into a homeMarriageConsecrateBuild a house

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

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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