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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 1918

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Lunar month 530Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 51Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 52Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 53Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 54Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 55Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 56Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 57Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Heat8Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 69Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 610Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 611Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 612Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 613Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 614Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 615Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 616Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 617Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 618Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 619Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 620Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 621Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 622Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 623Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Heat24Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 625Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 626Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 627Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 628Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 629Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 631Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 30NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 77Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn8Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, July 27, 1918

Lunar 一九一八年 · 六月二十

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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

    Wed

    1918-07-24

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1918-07-27

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Thu

    1918-08-08

    In 12 days

  4. End of Heat

    Sat

    1918-08-24

    In 28 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

戊午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

己未

六月二十

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Move into a homeRelocateSet a bedConsecrateOffer prayersPray for childrenWelcome a household memberOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreement

Avoid

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

MarriageBreak ground for burialAcquire propertyPlantingBurialTend a graveFuneral procession

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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