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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 2208

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Lunar month 526Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 527Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 528Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 529Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 530Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 51Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 52Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 53Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 54Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 55Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 56Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Heat7Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 58Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 59Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 510Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 511Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 512Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 513Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 614Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 615Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 616Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 617Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 618Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 619Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 620Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 621Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 622Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Heat23Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 624Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 625Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 626Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 627Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 628Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 629Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 630Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 631Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 61Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 62Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 63Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 64Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 65Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 66Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, July 31, 2208

Lunar 二二〇八年 · 六月十八

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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. Greater Heat

    Sat

    2208-07-23

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2208-07-31

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Sun

    2208-08-07

    In 7 days

  4. End of Heat

    Tue

    2208-08-23

    In 23 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

大暑 → 立秋

Year cycle

戊申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

己未

六月十八

Day cycle

庚子

壁上土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersLift misfortuneGroom nailsSet a bedBathingFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

MarriagePurification riteOpen for businessMove the hearthMove into a homeRelocateTravelBuild a stoveInstall doorsTimber work

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲午)马 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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