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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 2186

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Lunar month 525Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 526Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 527Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 528Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 51Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 56Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Heat7Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 58Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 59Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 510Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 511Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 512Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 513Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 514Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 515Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 616Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 617Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 618Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 619Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 620Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 621Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Heat22Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 623Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 624Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 625Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 626Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 627Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 628Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 629Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 631Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, July 2, 2186

Lunar 二一八六年 · 五月十六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Wed

    2186-06-21

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2186-07-02

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Lesser Heat

    Fri

    2186-07-07

    In 5 days

  4. Greater Heat

    Sat

    2186-07-22

    In 20 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

丙戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

甲午

五月十六

Day cycle

丙子

涧下水

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Move into a homeMarriageRelocate

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚午)马 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

Avoid

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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