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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 1921

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 526Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 527Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 528Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 529Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 530Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 51Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 52Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 53Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 54Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 65Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 66Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 67Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Heat8Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 69Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 610Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 611Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 612Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 613Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 614Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 615Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 616Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 617Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 618Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 619Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 620Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 621Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 622Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Heat23Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 624Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 625Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 626Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 627Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 628Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 629Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 630Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, July 16, 1921

Lunar 一九二一年 · 六月十二

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Fri

    1921-07-08

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1921-07-16

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Sat

    1921-07-23

    In 7 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Mon

    1921-08-08

    In 23 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

辛酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

乙未

六月十二

Day cycle

庚辰

白蜡金

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBuild a stoveReceive wealthPlantingReceive livestockWelcome a household member

Avoid

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

BurialMeridian therapyTend a graveBreak ground for burialOpen for businessSet a bedTomb-opening riteErect a memorial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲戌)狗 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

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

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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