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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 2161

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Lunar month 628Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 629Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 630Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 66Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Heat7Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 68Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 69Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 610Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 611Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 612Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 613Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 614Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 615Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 616Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 617Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 618Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 619Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 620Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 621Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Heat22Day 30NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 623Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 624Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 625Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 626Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 627Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 628Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 629Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 630Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 631Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 61Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 62Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 63Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 64Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 65Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 66Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn7Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 68Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, July 12, 2161

Lunar 二一六一年 · 六月二十

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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

    Tue

    2161-07-07

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2161-07-12

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Wed

    2161-07-22

    In 10 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Fri

    2161-08-07

    In 26 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

辛酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

乙未

六月二十

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Move into a homeRelocateSet a bedConsecrateOffer prayersPray for childrenWelcome a household memberOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreement

Avoid

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

MarriageBreak ground for burialAcquire propertyPlantingBurialTend a graveFuneral procession

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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