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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 2026

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Lunar month 528Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 529Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 530Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 51Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 52Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 53Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 54Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 55Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 56Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Heat7Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 58Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 59Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 510Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 511Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 512Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 513Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 614Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 615Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 616Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 617Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 618Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 619Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 620Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 621Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 622Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Heat23Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 624Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 625Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 626Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 627Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 628Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 629Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 630Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 631Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 61Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 62Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 63Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 64Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 65Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 66Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn7Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 68Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, July 13, 2026

Lunar 二〇二六年 · 五月廿九

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

    Tue

    2026-07-07

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2026-07-13

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Thu

    2026-07-23

    In 10 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Fri

    2026-08-07

    In 25 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

丙午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

乙未

五月廿九

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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