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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 2178

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Lunar month 528Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 51Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 56Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Heat7Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 58Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 59Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 510Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 511Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 512Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 513Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 514Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 615Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 616Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 617Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 618Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 619Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 620Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 621Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Heat22Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 623Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 624Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 625Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 626Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 627Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 628Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 629Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 631Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 66Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn7Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 68Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, July 13, 2178

Lunar 二一七八年 · 五月廿八

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

    2178-07-07

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2178-07-13

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Wed

    2178-07-22

    In 9 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Fri

    2178-08-07

    In 25 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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

己未

五月廿八

Day cycle

乙巳

覆灯火

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMake an offeringBathingSculpture and paintingConsecrateMove the hearthTreat illnessPractise a craft

Avoid

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

TravelBurialBuild a bridge

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己亥)猪 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

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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