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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 2204

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Lunar month 61Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Heat7Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 68Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 69Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 610Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 611Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 612Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 613Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 614Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 615Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 616Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 617Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 618Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 619Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 620Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 621Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 622Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Heat23Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 624Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 625Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 626Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 627Day 30NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn7Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 78Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, July 18, 2204

Lunar 二二〇四年 · 六月廿一

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

    Sat

    2204-07-07

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2204-07-18

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Mon

    2204-07-23

    In 5 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Tue

    2204-08-07

    In 20 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

甲辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

辛未

六月廿一

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalOpen for businessTravelBreak groundRaise a roof beamRelocateMove into a homeBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

Make an offeringOffer prayers

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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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