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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 2189

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Lunar month 528Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 529Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 530Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 51Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 52Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 53Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 54Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 55Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Heat6Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 57Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 58Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 59Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 510Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 511Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 512Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 613Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 614Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 615Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 616Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 617Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 618Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 619Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 620Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 621Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Heat22Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 623Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 624Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 625Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 626Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 627Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 628Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 629Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 631Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn7Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 68Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, July 9, 2189

Lunar 二一八九年 · 五月廿六

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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

    Mon

    2189-07-06

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2189-07-09

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Wed

    2189-07-22

    In 13 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Fri

    2189-08-07

    In 29 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

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

辛未

五月廿六

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactVisit friends and familyBegin studyMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelLift misfortune

Avoid

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

MarriageBuild a stoveMove the hearthAcquire propertyMove into a homeBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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