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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 2011

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TODAY
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Wed
Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 526Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 527Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 528Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 61Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 64Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 65Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 66Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Heat7Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 68Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 69Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 610Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 611Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 612Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 613Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 614Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 615Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 616Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 617Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 618Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 619Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 620Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 621Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 622Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Heat23Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 624Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 625Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 626Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 627Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 628Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 629Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 30SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Lunar 二〇一一年 · 六月廿一

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    2011-07-07

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2011-07-21

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Sat

    2011-07-23

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Mon

    2011-08-08

    In 18 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

辛卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

乙未

六月廿一

Day cycle

丁丑

涧下水

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Demolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛未)羊 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 丑不冠带主不还乡

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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