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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 1913

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TODAY
Sun
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Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 529Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 530Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 51Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 52Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 53Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 64Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 65Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 66Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 67Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Heat8Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 69Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 610Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 611Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 612Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 613Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 614Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 615Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 616Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 617Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 618Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 619Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 620Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 621Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 622Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Heat23Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 624Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 625Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 626Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 627Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 628Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 629Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 630Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 77Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn8Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 79Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, July 17, 1913

Lunar 一九一三年 · 六月十四

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Tue

    1913-07-08

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1913-07-17

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Wed

    1913-07-23

    In 6 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Fri

    1913-08-08

    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

癸丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

己未

六月十四

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactVisit friends and familyBegin studyMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelLift misfortune

Avoid

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

MarriageBuild a stoveMove the hearthAcquire propertyMove into a homeBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

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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