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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 1941

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Lunar month 629Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 630Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Heat7Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 68Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 69Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 610Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 611Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 612Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 613Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 614Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 615Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 616Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 617Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 618Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 619Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 620Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 621Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 622Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Heat23Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 624Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 625Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 626Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 627Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 628Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 629Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 630Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 631Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 61Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 62Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 63Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 64Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 65Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 66Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 67Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn8Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 69Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, July 21, 1941

Lunar 一九四一年 · 六月廿七

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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

    Mon

    1941-07-07

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1941-07-21

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Wed

    1941-07-23

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Fri

    1941-08-08

    In 18 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

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

乙未

六月廿七

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Mend wallsSeal openingsMake netsFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinBurialTomb-opening riteAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲子)鼠 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

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

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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