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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 2157

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Lunar month 526Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 527Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 528Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 529Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 530Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 51Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 52Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 53Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 54Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 55Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 56Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Heat7Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 68Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 69Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 610Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 611Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 612Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 613Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 614Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 615Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 616Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 617Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 618Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 619Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 620Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 621Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Heat22Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 623Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 624Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 625Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 626Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 627Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 628Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 629Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 631Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, July 9, 2157

Lunar 二一五七年 · 六月初三

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

    Thu

    2157-07-07

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2157-07-09

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Fri

    2157-07-22

    In 13 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Sun

    2157-08-07

    In 29 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

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丁未

六月初三

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersConsecrateSet an altarMove the hearthExecute an agreementInstall machineryRelocate

Avoid

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

MarriageBurialFuneral processionBreak ground for burialTend a grave

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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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