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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 2206

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 529Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 530Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 51Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 52Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 53Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 54Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 55Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 56Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Heat7Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 68Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 69Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 610Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 611Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 612Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 613Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 614Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 615Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 616Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 617Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 618Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 619Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 620Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 621Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 622Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Heat23Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 624Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 625Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 626Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 627Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 628Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 629Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 630Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 77Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn8Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 79Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, July 17, 2206

Lunar 二二〇六年 · 六月十一

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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

    2206-07-07

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2206-07-17

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Wed

    2206-07-23

    In 6 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Fri

    2206-08-08

    In 22 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

丙午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

乙未

六月十一

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Move into a homeRelocateSet a bedConsecrateOffer prayersPray for childrenWelcome a household memberOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreement

Avoid

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

MarriageBreak ground for burialAcquire propertyPlantingBurialTend a graveFuneral procession

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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