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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 2109

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 630Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Heat7Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 68Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 69Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 610Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 611Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 612Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 613Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 614Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 615Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 616Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 617Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 618Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 619Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 620Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 621Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 622Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Heat23Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 624Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 625Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 626Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 627Day 30Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn7Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 78Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, July 15, 2109

Lunar 二一〇九年 · 六月十八

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

    Sun

    2109-07-07

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2109-07-15

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Tue

    2109-07-23

    In 8 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Wed

    2109-08-07

    In 23 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

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

辛未

六月十八

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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