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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 1917

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 51Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 52Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 53Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 54Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 55Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 56Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 57Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Heat8Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 59Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 510Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 511Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 512Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 513Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 514Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 515Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 516Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 517Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 518Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 619Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 620Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 621Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 622Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Heat23Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 624Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 625Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 626Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 627Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 628Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 629Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 630Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 631Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 61Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 64Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 65Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 66Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 67Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn8Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 69Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 610Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 611Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, July 14, 1917

Lunar 一九一七年 · 五月廿六

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. Lesser Heat

    Sun

    1917-07-08

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1917-07-14

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Mon

    1917-07-23

    In 9 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Wed

    1917-08-08

    In 25 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

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丁未

五月廿六

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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