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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 1923

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 51Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 56Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 57Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Heat8Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 59Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 510Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 511Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 512Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 513Day 30Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 614Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 615Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 616Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 617Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 618Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 619Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 620Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 621Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 622Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 623Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Heat24Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 625Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 626Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 627Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 628Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 629Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 631Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 66Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 67Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn8Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 69Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 610Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 611Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, July 18, 1923

Lunar 一九二三年 · 六月初五

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. 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

    Sun

    1923-07-08

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1923-07-18

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Tue

    1923-07-24

    In 6 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Wed

    1923-08-08

    In 21 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

癸亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

己未

六月初五

Day cycle

壬辰

长流水

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringComing-of-age riteBuild a stoveTradeReceive wealthPlantingMake netsReceive livestockAnimal husbandryWelcome a household member

Avoid

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

Dig a channelBuild a boatSet a bedBurialBreak ground for burialTravelTend a graveDig a wellOpen for businessPrepare a burial plot

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙戌)狗 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

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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