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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

July 2106

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Lunar month 527Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 528Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 61Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 64Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 65Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 66Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Heat7Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 68Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 69Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 610Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 611Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 612Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 613Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 614Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 615Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 616Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 617Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 618Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 619Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 620Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 621Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 622Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Heat23Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 624Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 625Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 626Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 627Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 628Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 629Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 77Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, July 20, 2106

Lunar 二一〇六年 · 六月二十

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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

    Wed

    2106-07-07

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2106-07-20

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Fri

    2106-07-23

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Sun

    2106-08-08

    In 19 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

丙寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

乙未

六月二十

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Meridian therapyMake an offeringBathingMend wallsSeal openingsEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinFuneral preparationTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

ConsecrateTreat illnessMarriageDig a wellBreak ground for burialBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊子)鼠 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

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

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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