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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 2023

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 525Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 526Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 527Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 528Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 529Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 530Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 51Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 55Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 56Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Heat7Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 58Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 59Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 510Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 511Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 512Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 513Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 514Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 515Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 516Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 517Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 618Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 619Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 620Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 621Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 622Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Heat23Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 624Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 625Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 626Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 627Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 628Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 629Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 631Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, July 4, 2023

Lunar 二〇二三年 · 五月十七

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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. Summer Solstice

    Wed

    2023-06-21

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2023-07-04

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Lesser Heat

    Fri

    2023-07-07

    In 3 days

  4. Greater Heat

    Sun

    2023-07-23

    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

癸卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

戊午

五月十七

Day cycle

癸亥

大海水

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

HuntingCaptureMake netsFishingMake an offeringBathingAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessBurialTomb-opening riteFuneral procession

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁巳)蛇 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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