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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 1934

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Lunar month 51Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 52Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 53Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 54Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 55Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 56Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 57Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Heat8Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 59Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 510Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 511Day 30SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 612Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 613Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 614Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 615Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 616Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 617Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 618Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 619Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 620Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 621Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 622Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Heat23Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 624Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 625Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 626Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 627Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 628Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 629Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 631Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 67Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn8Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 69Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, July 20, 1934

Lunar 一九三四年 · 六月初九

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

    1934-07-08

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1934-07-20

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Mon

    1934-07-23

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Wed

    1934-08-08

    In 19 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

甲戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

辛未

六月初九

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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