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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

July 1914

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Leap lunar month 528Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 529Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 530Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 51Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 52Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 53Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 54Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 55Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 56Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 57Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Heat8Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 59Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 510Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 511Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 512Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 513Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 514Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 515Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 516Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 517Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 518Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 519Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 520Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 521Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 522Day 30NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 623Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Heat24Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 625Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 626Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 627Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 628Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 629Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 630Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 631Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 61Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 62Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 63Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 64Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 65Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 66Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 67Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn8Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, July 30, 1914

Lunar 一九一四年 · 六月初八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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. Greater Heat

    Fri

    1914-07-24

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1914-07-30

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Sat

    1914-08-08

    In 9 days

  4. End of Heat

    Mon

    1914-08-24

    In 25 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

大暑 → 立秋

Year cycle

甲寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

辛未

六月初八

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateSeek medical careTreat illnessMarriageVisit friends and familyRelease waterDig a wellAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Build a houseMove into a homeBuild a stoveBegin studyBurialFuneral procession

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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