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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 2187

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Lunar month 51Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 52Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 53Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 54Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 55Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Heat7Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 68Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 69Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 610Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 611Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 612Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 613Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 614Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 615Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 616Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 617Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 618Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 619Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 620Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 621Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 622Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Heat23Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 624Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 625Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 626Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 627Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 628Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 629Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 630Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 631Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 61Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn7Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 78Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 710Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 711Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, July 17, 2187

Lunar 二一八七年 · 六月十二

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Sat

    2187-07-07

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2187-07-17

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Mon

    2187-07-23

    In 6 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Tue

    2187-08-07

    In 21 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

丁亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

丁未

六月十二

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConstructionBreak groundInstall machineryMake an offeringBathingLift misfortuneDismantleTreat illnessBuild a stoveBuild a house

Avoid

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

Open for businessMove into a homeTravelSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚寅)虎 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

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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