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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 2118

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Lunar month 526Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 527Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 528Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 529Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 530Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 51Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 55Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 56Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Heat7Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 58Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 59Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 510Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 511Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 512Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 513Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 514Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 515Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 516Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 517Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 518Day 30NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 619Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 620Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 621Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 622Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Heat23Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 624Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 625Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 626Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 627Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 628Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 629Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 631Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, July 4, 2118

Lunar 二一一八年 · 五月十六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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. Summer Solstice

    Tue

    2118-06-21

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2118-07-04

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Lesser Heat

    Thu

    2118-07-07

    In 3 days

  4. Greater Heat

    Sat

    2118-07-23

    In 19 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

夏至 → 小暑

Year cycle

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

戊午

五月十六

Day cycle

辛巳

白蜡金

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageComing-of-age riteConstructionBreak groundBuild a stoveRelocateMove into a homeMend wallsSeal openingsReceive livestock

Avoid

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

Offer prayersConsecrateDig a wellOpen for businessBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙亥)猪 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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