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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 2040

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Lunar month 51Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 55Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Heat6Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 57Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 58Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 69Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 610Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 611Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 612Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 613Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 614Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 615Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 616Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 617Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 618Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 619Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 620Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 621Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Heat22Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 623Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 624Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 625Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 626Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 627Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 628Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 629Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 631Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn7Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 78Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 79Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 710Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 711Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, July 18, 2040

Lunar 二〇四〇年 · 六月初十

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Fri

    2040-07-06

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2040-07-18

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Sun

    2040-07-22

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Tue

    2040-08-07

    In 20 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

庚申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

癸未

六月初十

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConstructionTravelBuild a houseRaise pillarsMake vehicles and toolsTrain livestockBuild animal sheltersHarvest honey

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialDig a wellBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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