Calendar Heatmap
Mood Tracker Calendar
Daily mood tracking for mental health awareness and pattern recognition.
Output
Python
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
from matplotlib.colors import LinearSegmentedColormap
import matplotlib.patches as mpatches
np.random.seed(555)
days = 365
mood = np.random.choice([1, 2, 3, 4, 5], size=days, p=[0.05, 0.15, 0.35, 0.30, 0.15])
weeks = 53
data = np.zeros((7, weeks))
for i, val in enumerate(mood):
week = i // 7
day = i % 7
if week < weeks:
data[day, week] = val - 1 # 0-4 scale
# Mood gradient: red -> yellow -> green
colors = ['#fecaca', '#fde68a', '#fef08a', '#bef264', '#86efac']
cmap = LinearSegmentedColormap.from_list('mood', colors, N=256)
fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(16, 4), facecolor='#ffffff')
ax.set_facecolor('#ffffff')
im = ax.imshow(data, cmap=cmap, aspect='auto', vmin=0, vmax=4)
ax.set_yticks(range(7))
ax.set_yticklabels(['Mon', 'Tue', 'Wed', 'Thu', 'Fri', 'Sat', 'Sun'], fontsize=9, color='#374151')
ax.set_xticks(range(0, 52, 4))
ax.set_xticklabels(['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec', ''],
fontsize=9, color='#374151')
ax.set_title('Daily Mood Tracker - Mental Wellness', fontsize=16, color='#111827', fontweight='bold', pad=15)
for i in range(8):
ax.axhline(y=i-0.5, color='#e5e7eb', linewidth=0.5)
for i in range(weeks+1):
ax.axvline(x=i-0.5, color='#e5e7eb', linewidth=0.5)
ax.tick_params(colors='#374151', length=0)
for spine in ax.spines.values():
spine.set_visible(False)
legend_elements = [mpatches.Patch(facecolor=c, label=l, edgecolor='#d1d5db')
for c, l in zip(colors, ['Very Low', 'Low', 'Neutral', 'Good', 'Great'])]
ax.legend(handles=legend_elements, loc='upper left', bbox_to_anchor=(0, -0.15), ncol=5,
fontsize=8, facecolor='white', edgecolor='#d1d5db', labelcolor='#374151')
avg = np.mean(mood)
good_days = int(np.sum(mood >= 4))
ax.annotate(f'Avg Mood: {avg:.1f}/5 | {good_days} great days', xy=(0.98, 1.1), xycoords='axes fraction',
fontsize=10, color='#16a34a', ha='right', fontweight='bold')
plt.tight_layout()
plt.subplots_adjust(bottom=0.25)
plt.show()
Library
Matplotlib
Category
Time Series
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