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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 2024

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Lunar month 530Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 51Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 55Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Heat6Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 67Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 68Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 69Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 610Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 611Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 612Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 613Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 614Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 615Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 616Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 617Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 618Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 619Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 620Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 621Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Heat22Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 623Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 624Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 625Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 626Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 627Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 628Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 629Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 631Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn7Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 78Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 79Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 710Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, July 9, 2024

Lunar 二〇二四年 · 六月初四

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

    Sat

    2024-07-06

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2024-07-09

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Mon

    2024-07-22

    In 13 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Wed

    2024-08-07

    In 29 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

甲辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

辛未

六月初四

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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