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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 23, 2024

Lunar 二〇二四年 · 六月十八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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. Lesser Heat

    Sat

    2024-07-06

    Passed 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2024-07-23

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Wed

    2024-08-07

    In 15 days

  4. End of Heat

    Thu

    2024-08-22

    In 30 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

甲辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

辛未

六月十八

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Lift misfortuneMake an offeringHaircutFuneral preparationBurialBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessMove the hearthBuild a stoveAcquire propertyPurification riteMove into a homeRelocateInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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