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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 1908

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TODAY
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Lunar month 528Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 629Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 61Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 64Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 65Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 66Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Heat7Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 68Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 69Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 610Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 611Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 612Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 613Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 614Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 615Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 616Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 617Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 618Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 619Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 620Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 621Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 622Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Heat23Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 624Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 625Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 626Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 627Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 728Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 729Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 77Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn8Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, July 8, 1908

Lunar 一九〇八年 · 六月初十

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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. Summer Solstice

    Mon

    1908-06-22

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1908-07-08

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Thu

    1908-07-23

    In 15 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Sat

    1908-08-08

    In 31 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

戊申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

己未

六月初十

Day cycle

甲子

海中金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersLift misfortuneBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

MarriageRelocateMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊午)马 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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