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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 2196

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Lunar month 626Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 627Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 628Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 629Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 630Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Heat6Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 67Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 68Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 69Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 610Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 611Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 612Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 613Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 614Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 615Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 616Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 617Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 618Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 619Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 620Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 621Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Heat22Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 623Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 624Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 725Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 726Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 727Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn6Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, July 2, 2196

Lunar 二一九六年 · 六月初七

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. Summer Solstice

    Mon

    2196-06-20

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2196-07-02

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Lesser Heat

    Wed

    2196-07-06

    In 4 days

  4. Greater Heat

    Fri

    2196-07-22

    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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

甲午

六月初七

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageSet the marriage bedCut garmentsComing-of-age riteTimber workRaise a roof beamMove the hearthDismantleRelocateConstruction

Avoid

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

Set a bedOffer prayersTravelBurialFuneral processionConsecrate

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

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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