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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 2021

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 527Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 528Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 529Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 530Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 51Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 52Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 53Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 54Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 55Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 56Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Heat7Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 58Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 59Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 610Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 611Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 612Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 613Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 614Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 615Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 616Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 617Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 618Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 619Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 620Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 621Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Heat22Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 623Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 624Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 625Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 626Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 627Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 628Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 629Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 630Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 631Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 61Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 64Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 65Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 66Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn7Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, July 10, 2021

Lunar 二〇二一年 · 六月初一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and warm gatherings. 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

    Wed

    2021-07-07

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2021-07-10

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Thu

    2021-07-22

    In 12 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Sat

    2021-08-07

    In 28 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

辛丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

乙未

六月初一

Day cycle

己未

天上火

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessReceive wealthMake an offeringSculpture and paintingInstall machineryComing-of-age riteVisit friends and familyCut garmentsOpen a storehouseMeridian therapy

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialBurialTreat illness

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸丑)牛 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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