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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 2022

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Lunar month 526Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 527Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 528Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 629Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Heat7Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 68Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 69Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 610Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 611Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 612Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 613Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 614Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 615Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 616Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 617Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 618Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 619Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 620Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 621Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 622Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Heat23Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 624Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 625Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 626Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 627Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 628Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Lunar 二〇二二年 · 六月廿二

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    2022-07-07

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2022-07-20

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Sat

    2022-07-23

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Sun

    2022-08-07

    In 18 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

壬寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

丁未

六月廿二

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringCut garmentsMake netsComing-of-age riteBathing

Avoid

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

Open a storehouseDispatch goodsAcquire propertyBurialBreak groundBreak ground for burialDig a wellPlanting

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

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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