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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 2108

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TODAY
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Lunar month 51Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 52Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 53Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 54Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 55Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 56Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Heat7Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 58Day 30SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 69Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 610Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 611Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 612Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 613Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 614Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 615Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 616Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 617Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 618Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 619Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 620Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 621Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Heat22Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 623Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 624Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 625Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 626Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 627Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 628Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 629Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 630Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 631Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 61Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 64Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 65Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 66Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn7Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 78Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 710Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 711Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, July 20, 2108

Lunar 二一〇八年 · 六月十二

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Sat

    2108-07-07

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2108-07-20

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Sun

    2108-07-22

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Tue

    2108-08-07

    In 18 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

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

己未

六月十二

Day cycle

乙巳

覆灯火

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMake an offeringBathingSculpture and paintingConsecrateMove the hearthTreat illnessPractise a craft

Avoid

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

TravelBurialBuild a bridge

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己亥)猪 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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