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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 2096

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Lunar month 51Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 55Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Heat6Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 57Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 58Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 59Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 510Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 511Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 512Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 513Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 514Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 515Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 516Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 517Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 518Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 519Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 620Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 621Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Heat22Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 623Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 624Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 625Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 626Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 627Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 628Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 629Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 631Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn6Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 67Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 68Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 69Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 610Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 611Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, July 9, 2096

Lunar 二〇九六年 · 五月二十

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. 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

    Fri

    2096-07-06

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2096-07-09

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Sun

    2096-07-22

    In 13 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Mon

    2096-08-06

    In 28 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

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

乙未

五月二十

Day cycle

壬辰

长流水

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringComing-of-age riteBuild a stoveTradeReceive wealthPlantingMake netsReceive livestockAnimal husbandryWelcome a household member

Avoid

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

Dig a channelBuild a boatSet a bedBurialBreak ground for burialTravelTend a graveDig a wellOpen for businessPrepare a burial plot

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙戌)狗 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

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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