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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 1940

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TODAY
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Lunar month 530Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 51Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 65Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 66Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Heat7Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 68Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 69Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 610Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 611Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 612Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 613Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 614Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 615Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 616Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 617Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 618Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 619Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 620Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 621Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 622Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Heat23Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 624Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 625Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 626Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 627Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 628Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 629Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 631Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 77Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn8Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, July 14, 1940

Lunar 一九四〇年 · 六月初十

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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

    Sun

    1940-07-07

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1940-07-14

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Tue

    1940-07-23

    In 9 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Thu

    1940-08-08

    In 25 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

庚辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

癸未

六月初十

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSeal openingsMake netsHuntingAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

RelocateOpen for businessMove into a homeMarriageConsecrateInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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