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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 1928

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Lunar month 51Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 55Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 56Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Heat7Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 58Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 59Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 510Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 511Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 512Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 513Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 514Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 515Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 516Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 617Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 618Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 619Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 620Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 621Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 622Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Heat23Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 624Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 625Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 626Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 627Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 628Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 629Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 631Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 67Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn8Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 69Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 610Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 611Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, July 18, 1928

Lunar 一九二八年 · 六月初二

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and warm gatherings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Sat

    1928-07-07

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1928-07-18

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Mon

    1928-07-23

    In 5 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Wed

    1928-08-08

    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

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

己未

六月初二

Day cycle

己未

天上火

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessReceive wealthMake an offeringSculpture and paintingInstall machineryComing-of-age riteVisit friends and familyCut garmentsOpen a storehouseMeridian therapy

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialBurialTreat illness

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸丑)牛 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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