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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 2140

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Lunar month 526Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 527Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 528Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 529Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 530Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 51Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 52Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 53Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 54Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 55Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Heat6Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 57Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 58Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 59Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 510Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 511Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 512Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 513Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 614Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 615Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 616Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 617Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 618Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 619Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 620Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 621Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Heat22Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 623Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 624Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 625Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 626Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 627Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 628Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 629Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 630Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 631Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 61Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 64Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 65Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 66Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, July 8, 2140

Lunar 二一四〇年 · 五月廿四

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. Lesser Heat

    Wed

    2140-07-06

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2140-07-08

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Fri

    2140-07-22

    In 14 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Sun

    2140-08-07

    In 30 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

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

癸未

五月廿四

Day cycle

辛巳

白蜡金

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateOpen for businessAnimal husbandryHaircut

Avoid

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

MarriageTravelBurialFuneral preparationMove into a homeBuild a stoveComing-of-age riteRaise a roof beam

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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