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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 1944

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Lunar month 525Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 526Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 527Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 528Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 529Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 530Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 51Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 55Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 56Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Heat7Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 58Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 59Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 510Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 511Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 512Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 513Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 514Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 515Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 516Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 517Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 518Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 519Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 620Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 621Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 622Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Heat23Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 624Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 625Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 626Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 627Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 628Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 629Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 631Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, July 9, 1944

Lunar 一九四四年 · 五月十九

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. 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

    1944-07-07

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1944-07-09

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Sun

    1944-07-23

    In 14 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Tue

    1944-08-08

    In 30 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

甲申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

辛未

五月十九

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringCut garmentsMake netsComing-of-age riteBathing

Avoid

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

Open a storehouseDispatch goodsAcquire propertyBurialBreak groundBreak ground for burialDig a wellPlanting

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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