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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 2117

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TODAY
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Lunar month 527Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 528Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 529Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Heat7Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 68Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 69Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 610Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 611Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 612Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 613Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 614Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 615Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 616Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 617Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 618Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 619Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 620Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 621Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 622Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Heat23Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 624Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 625Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 626Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 627Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 628Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn7Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, July 15, 2117

Lunar 二一一七年 · 六月十六

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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

    Wed

    2117-07-07

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2117-07-15

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Fri

    2117-07-23

    In 8 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Sat

    2117-08-07

    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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

丁未

六月十六

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTimber workMove the hearthDismantleMove into a homeSet a bedConstruction

Avoid

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

MarriagePlantingFuneral processionHaircutTend a graveBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

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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