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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

Saturday, July 30, 2118

Lunar 二一一八年 · 六月十二

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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. Greater Heat

    Sat

    2118-07-23

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2118-07-30

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Mon

    2118-08-08

    In 9 days

  4. End of Heat

    Tue

    2118-08-23

    In 24 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

大暑 → 立秋

Year cycle

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

己未

六月十二

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConstructionTravelBuild a houseRaise pillarsMake vehicles and toolsTrain livestockBuild animal sheltersHarvest honey

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialDig a wellBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 未不服药毒气入肠

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

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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