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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 1937

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Lunar month 527Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 528Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 529Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 530Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 51Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 52Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 53Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 54Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 55Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 56Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Heat7Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 68Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 69Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 610Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 611Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 612Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 613Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 614Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 615Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 616Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 617Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 618Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 619Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 620Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 621Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 622Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Heat23Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 624Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 625Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 626Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 627Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 628Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 629Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 630Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 77Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, July 24, 1937

Lunar 一九三七年 · 六月十七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. 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

    Wed

    1937-07-07

    Passed 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1937-07-24

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Sun

    1937-08-08

    In 15 days

  4. End of Heat

    Mon

    1937-08-23

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

大暑 → 立秋

Year cycle

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

丁未

六月十七

Day cycle

壬子

桑柘木

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingHaircutCaptureFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

Move the hearthMarriageMove into a homeBuild a stoveRaise a roof beamBreak ground

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙午)马 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

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

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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