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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 1909

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Lunar month 527Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 528Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 529Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 530Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 51Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 52Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 53Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 54Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 55Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 56Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 57Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Heat8Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 59Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 510Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 511Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 512Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 513Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 514Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 515Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 516Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 617Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 618Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 619Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 620Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 621Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 622Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Heat23Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 624Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 625Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 626Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 627Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 628Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 629Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 630Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 631Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 61Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 64Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 65Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 66Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 67Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, July 13, 1909

Lunar 一九〇九年 · 五月廿六

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    1909-07-08

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1909-07-13

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Fri

    1909-07-23

    In 10 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Sun

    1909-08-08

    In 26 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

己酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

辛未

五月廿六

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringCut garmentsMake netsComing-of-age riteBathing

Avoid

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

Open a storehouseDispatch goodsAcquire propertyBurialBreak groundBreak ground for burialDig a wellPlanting

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

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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