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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 1916

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Lunar month 525Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 526Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 527Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 528Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 61Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 64Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 65Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 66Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Heat7Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 68Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 69Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 610Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 611Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 612Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 613Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 614Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 615Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 616Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 617Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 618Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 619Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 620Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 621Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 622Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Heat23Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 624Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 625Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 626Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 627Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 628Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 629Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, July 2, 1916

Lunar 一九一六年 · 六月初三

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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

    Thu

    1916-06-22

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1916-07-02

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Lesser Heat

    Fri

    1916-07-07

    In 5 days

  4. Greater Heat

    Sun

    1916-07-23

    In 21 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

夏至 → 小暑

Year cycle

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

甲午

六月初三

Day cycle

庚子

壁上土

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Avoid major undertakings

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲午)马 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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