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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 1933

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Leap lunar month 525Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 526Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 527Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 528Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 529Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 530Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 51Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 52Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 53Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 54Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 55Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 56Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Heat7Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 58Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 59Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 510Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 511Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 512Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 513Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 514Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 515Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 516Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 517Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 518Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 519Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 520Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 521Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 522Day 30NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Heat23Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 624Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 625Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 626Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 627Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 628Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 629Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 630Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 631Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 61Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 64Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 65Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, July 21, 1933

Lunar 一九三三年 · 闰五月廿九

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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

    Fri

    1933-07-07

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1933-07-21

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Sun

    1933-07-23

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Tue

    1933-08-08

    In 18 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

癸酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

己未

闰五月廿九

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Lift misfortuneMake an offeringHaircutFuneral preparationBurialBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessMove the hearthBuild a stoveAcquire propertyPurification riteMove into a homeRelocateInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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