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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 1936

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Lunar month 528Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 529Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 530Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 51Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 55Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 56Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Heat7Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 58Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 59Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 510Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 511Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 512Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 513Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 514Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 515Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 516Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 517Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 618Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 619Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 620Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 621Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 622Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Heat23Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 624Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 625Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 626Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 627Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 628Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 629Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 631Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 67Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn8Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, July 19, 1936

Lunar 一九三六年 · 六月初二

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Tue

    1936-07-07

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1936-07-19

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Thu

    1936-07-23

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Sat

    1936-08-08

    In 20 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

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

乙未

六月初二

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageOpen for businessExecute an agreementRelocateMove into a homeInstall machineryVisit friends and familyMeridian therapyInstall doorsSet a bed

Avoid

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

Make an offeringOffer prayersVisit the sickThanksgiving riteBuild a bridge

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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