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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 2174

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Lunar month 526Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 527Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 528Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 629Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Heat7Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 68Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 69Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 610Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 611Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 612Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 613Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 614Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 615Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 616Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 617Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 618Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 619Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 620Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 621Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Heat22Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 623Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 624Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 625Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 626Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 627Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 628Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, July 4, 2174

Lunar 二一七四年 · 六月初六

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. Summer Solstice

    Tue

    2174-06-21

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2174-07-04

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Lesser Heat

    Thu

    2174-07-07

    In 3 days

  4. Greater Heat

    Fri

    2174-07-22

    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

甲戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

庚午

六月初六

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactComing-of-age riteMake an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteTravelConstructionBreak groundRelocate

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessPrepare a coffinBurial

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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