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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 1926

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TODAY
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Thu
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Sat
Lunar month 527Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 528Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 529Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 530Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 51Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 52Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 53Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 54Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 55Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 56Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 57Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Heat8Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 59Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 610Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 611Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 612Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 613Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 614Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 615Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 616Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 617Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 618Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 619Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 620Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 621Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 622Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Heat23Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 624Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 625Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 626Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 627Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 628Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 629Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 631Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 67Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, July 16, 1926

Lunar 一九二六年 · 六月初七

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Thu

    1926-07-08

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1926-07-16

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Fri

    1926-07-23

    In 7 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Sun

    1926-08-08

    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

丙寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

乙未

六月初七

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurialSeal openingsPest control

Avoid

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

Open for businessMove into a homeMarriageConsecrateBuild a house

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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