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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 2236

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Lunar month 526Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 527Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 528Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 529Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 530Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 51Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 52Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 53Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Heat7Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 68Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 69Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 610Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 611Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 612Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 613Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 614Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 615Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 616Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 617Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 618Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 619Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 620Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 621Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Heat22Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 623Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 624Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 625Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 626Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 627Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 628Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 629Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 631Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, July 15, 2236

Lunar 二二三六年 · 六月十二

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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

    Thu

    2236-07-07

    Passed 8 days
  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2236-07-15

    Since the previous term: 8 days
  3. Greater Heat

    Fri

    2236-07-22

    In 7 days
  4. Start of Autumn

    Sun

    2236-08-07

    In 23 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

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

乙未

六月十二

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersConsecrateSet an altarMove the hearthExecute an agreementInstall machineryRelocate

Avoid

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

MarriageBurialFuneral processionBreak ground for burialTend a grave

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

戊子

Avoid

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

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

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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