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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

Thursday, July 21, 2196

Lunar 二一九六年 · 六月廿六

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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. Lesser Heat

    Wed

    2196-07-06

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2196-07-21

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Fri

    2196-07-22

    In 1 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Sat

    2196-08-06

    In 16 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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

乙未

六月廿六

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Lift misfortuneMake an offeringHaircutFuneral preparationBurialBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessMove the hearthBuild a stoveAcquire propertyPurification riteMove into a homeRelocateInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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