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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 1939

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 525Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 526Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 527Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 528Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 51Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 56Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 57Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Heat8Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 59Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 510Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 511Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 512Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 513Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 514Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 515Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 516Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 617Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 618Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 619Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 620Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 621Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 622Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 623Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Heat24Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 625Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 626Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 627Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 628Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 629Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 631Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, July 13, 1939

Lunar 一九三九年 · 五月廿七

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Sat

    1939-07-08

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1939-07-13

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Mon

    1939-07-24

    In 11 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Tue

    1939-08-08

    In 26 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

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

辛未

五月廿七

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersConsecrateSet an altarMove the hearthExecute an agreementInstall machineryRelocate

Avoid

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

MarriageBurialFuneral processionBreak ground for burialTend a grave

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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