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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 1901

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Lunar month 530Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 51Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 52Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 53Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 54Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 55Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 56Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 57Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Heat8Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 59Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 510Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 511Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 512Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 513Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 514Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 515Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 616Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 617Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 618Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 619Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 620Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 621Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 622Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Heat23Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 624Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 625Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 626Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 627Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 628Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 629Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 630Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 631Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 61Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 64Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 65Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 66Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 67Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn8Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 69Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 610Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, July 21, 1901

Lunar 一九〇一年 · 六月初六

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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

    Mon

    1901-07-08

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1901-07-21

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Tue

    1901-07-23

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Thu

    1901-08-08

    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

辛丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

乙未

六月初六

Day cycle

庚子

壁上土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersLift misfortuneGroom nailsSet a bedBathingFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

MarriagePurification riteOpen for businessMove the hearthMove into a homeRelocateTravelBuild a stoveInstall doorsTimber work

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲午)马 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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