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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 2143

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 530Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 51Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 52Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 53Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 54Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 55Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 56Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Heat7Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 58Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 59Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 510Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 511Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 512Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 613Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 614Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 615Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 616Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 617Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 618Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 619Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 620Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 621Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 622Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Heat23Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 624Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 625Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 626Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 627Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 628Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 629Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 630Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 67Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn8Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 69Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 610Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, July 12, 2143

Lunar 二一四三年 · 五月三十

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Sun

    2143-07-07

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2143-07-12

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Tue

    2143-07-23

    In 11 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Thu

    2143-08-08

    In 27 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

癸卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

己未

五月三十

Day cycle

庚子

壁上土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersLift misfortuneGroom nailsSet a bedBathingFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

MarriagePurification riteOpen for businessMove the hearthMove into a homeRelocateTravelBuild a stoveInstall doorsTimber work

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲午)马 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

Avoid

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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