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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 2018

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Lunar month 51Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 52Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 53Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 54Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 55Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 56Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Heat7Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 58Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 59Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 510Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 511Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 512Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 613Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 614Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 615Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 616Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 617Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 618Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 619Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 620Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 621Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 622Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Heat23Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 624Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 625Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 626Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 627Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 628Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 629Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 630Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 631Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 61Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 62Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 63Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 64Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 65Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 66Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn7Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 68Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 69Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 610Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, July 13, 2018

Lunar 二〇一八年 · 六月初一

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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. Lesser Heat

    Sat

    2018-07-07

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2018-07-13

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Mon

    2018-07-23

    In 10 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Tue

    2018-08-07

    In 25 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

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

己未

六月初一

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurialSeal openingsPest control

Avoid

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

Open for businessMove into a homeMarriageConsecrateBuild a house

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

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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