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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 2020

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Lunar month 528Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 51Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Heat6Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 57Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 58Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 59Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 510Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 511Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 512Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 513Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 514Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 515Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 516Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 517Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 518Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 519Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 520Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 621Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Heat22Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 623Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 624Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 625Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 626Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 627Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 628Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 629Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 631Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 66Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn7Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 68Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, July 25, 2020

Lunar 二〇二〇年 · 六月初五

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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

    Wed

    2020-07-22

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2020-07-25

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Fri

    2020-08-07

    In 13 days

  4. End of Heat

    Sat

    2020-08-22

    In 28 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

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

癸未

六月初五

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageOpen for businessExecute an agreementMake an offeringOffer prayersBreak groundRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

Build a templeBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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