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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 2201

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Lunar month 528Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 61Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 64Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 65Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 66Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Heat7Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 68Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 69Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 610Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 611Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 612Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 613Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 614Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 615Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 616Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 617Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 618Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 619Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 620Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 621Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 622Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Heat23Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 624Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 625Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 626Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 627Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 628Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 629Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 77Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn8Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, July 20, 2201

Lunar 二二〇一年 · 六月二十

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. 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

    Tue

    2201-07-07

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2201-07-20

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Thu

    2201-07-23

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Sat

    2201-08-08

    In 19 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

辛丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

乙未

六月二十

Day cycle

壬子

桑柘木

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingHaircutCaptureFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

Move the hearthMarriageMove into a homeBuild a stoveRaise a roof beamBreak ground

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙午)马 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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