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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 1938

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Lunar month 526Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 527Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 628Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 629Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 630Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 66Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 67Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Heat8Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 69Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 610Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 611Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 612Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 613Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 614Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 615Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 616Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 617Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 618Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 619Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 620Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 621Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 622Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Heat23Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 624Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 625Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 626Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, July 17, 1938

Lunar 一九三八年 · 六月二十

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. 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

    Fri

    1938-07-08

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1938-07-17

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Sat

    1938-07-23

    In 6 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Mon

    1938-08-08

    In 22 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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

己未

六月二十

Day cycle

庚戌

钗钏金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringRepair wallsLevel roads

Avoid

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

Open for businessBreak groundBreak ground for burialMarriageConstructionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲辰)龙 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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