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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 1917

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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

Monday, July 30, 1917

Lunar 一九一七年 · 六月十二

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Mon

    1917-07-23

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1917-07-30

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Wed

    1917-08-08

    In 9 days

  4. End of Heat

    Fri

    1917-08-24

    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

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丁未

六月十二

Day cycle

癸酉

剑锋金

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageTravelOpen for businessSet a bedFuneral preparationTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

Offer prayersBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁卯)兔 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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