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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 1904

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Lunar month 526Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 527Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 528Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 529Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 530Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 51Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 55Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 56Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Heat7Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 58Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 59Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 510Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 511Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 512Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 613Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 614Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 615Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 616Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 617Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 618Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 619Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 620Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 621Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 622Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Heat23Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 624Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 625Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 626Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 627Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 628Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 629Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 631Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, July 17, 1904

Lunar 一九〇四年 · 六月初五

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. 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

    Thu

    1904-07-07

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1904-07-17

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Sat

    1904-07-23

    In 6 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Mon

    1904-08-08

    In 22 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

甲辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

辛未

六月初五

Day cycle

壬子

桑柘木

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingHaircutCaptureFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

Move the hearthMarriageMove into a homeBuild a stoveRaise a roof beamBreak ground

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙午)马 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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