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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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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
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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

Saturday, July 16, 2118

Lunar 二一一八年 · 五月廿八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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

    Thu

    2118-07-07

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2118-07-16

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Sat

    2118-07-23

    In 7 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Mon

    2118-08-08

    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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

己未

五月廿八

Day cycle

癸巳

长流水

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenFormal betrothalCut garmentsComing-of-age riteConsecrateSet a bed

Avoid

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

RelocatePlantingTravelFuneral processionBreak ground for burialBurialLitigation

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁亥)猪 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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