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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 1942

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TODAY
Sun
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Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 528Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 529Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 530Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 51Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 52Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 53Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 54Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 55Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 56Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 57Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Heat8Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 59Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 510Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 511Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 512Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 613Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 614Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 615Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 616Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 617Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 618Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 619Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 620Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 621Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 622Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Heat23Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 624Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 625Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 626Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 627Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 628Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 629Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 631Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 67Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn8Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, July 1, 1942

Lunar 一九四二年 · 五月十八

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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. Summer Solstice

    Mon

    1942-06-22

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1942-07-01

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Lesser Heat

    Wed

    1942-07-08

    In 7 days

  4. Greater Heat

    Thu

    1942-07-23

    In 22 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

夏至 → 小暑

Year cycle

壬午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

丙午

五月十八

Day cycle

乙卯

大溪水

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBuild a stoveAvoid 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

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己酉)鸡 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

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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