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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 2188

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Lunar month 629Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 630Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Heat6Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 67Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 68Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 69Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 610Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 611Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 612Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 613Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 614Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 615Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 616Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 617Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 618Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 619Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 620Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 621Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Heat22Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 623Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 624Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 625Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 626Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 627Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 628Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 629Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 630Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 631Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 61Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 62Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 63Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 64Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 65Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn6Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 67Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 68Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 69Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, July 11, 2188

Lunar 二一八八年 · 六月十七

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

    Sun

    2188-07-06

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2188-07-11

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Tue

    2188-07-22

    In 11 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Wed

    2188-08-06

    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

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

己未

六月十七

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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