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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 2159

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Lunar month 51Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 52Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 53Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 54Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 55Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 56Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Heat7Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 58Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 59Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 510Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 511Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 512Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 513Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 514Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 615Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 616Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 617Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 618Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 619Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 620Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 621Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 622Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Heat23Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 624Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 625Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 626Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 627Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 628Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 629Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 630Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn7Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 68Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 69Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 610Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 611Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, July 5, 2159

Lunar 二一五九年 · 五月二十

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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. Summer Solstice

    Thu

    2159-06-21

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2159-07-05

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Lesser Heat

    Sat

    2159-07-07

    In 2 days

  4. Greater Heat

    Mon

    2159-07-23

    In 18 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

夏至 → 小暑

Year cycle

己未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

庚午

五月二十

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConstructionBreak groundLay foundationsInstall doorsSet a bedPlantingBuild a dikeMend wallsBuild animal shelters

Avoid

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

MarriageDig a wellMove into a homeRelocateMove the hearthTravelFuneral processionBurialConsecrateHaircut

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

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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