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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 2104

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Leap lunar month 529Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 530Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 51Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 52Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 53Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 54Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 55Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 56Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Heat7Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 58Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 59Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 510Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 511Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 512Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 513Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 514Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 515Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 516Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 517Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 518Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 519Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 520Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 521Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Heat22Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 623Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 624Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 625Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 626Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 627Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 628Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 629Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 630Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn7Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 68Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 69Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, July 10, 2104

Lunar 二一〇四年 · 闰五月十八

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

    Mon

    2104-07-07

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2104-07-10

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Tue

    2104-07-22

    In 12 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Thu

    2104-08-07

    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

甲子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

辛未

闰五月十八

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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