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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 1948

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 527Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 528Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 51Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 56Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Heat7Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 68Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 69Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 610Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 611Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 612Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 613Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 614Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 615Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 616Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 617Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 618Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 619Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 620Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 621Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 622Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Heat23Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 624Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 625Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 626Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 627Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 628Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 629Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 631Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn7Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, July 3, 1948

Lunar 一九四八年 · 五月廿七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and warm gatherings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    1948-06-21

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1948-07-03

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Lesser Heat

    Wed

    1948-07-07

    In 4 days

  4. Greater Heat

    Fri

    1948-07-23

    In 20 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

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

戊午

五月廿七

Day cycle

己丑

霹雳火

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageTravelInstall machineryMake an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateTreat illnessMeridian therapySet a bedMake nets

Avoid

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

Open for businessInstall doorsDig a wellBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸未)羊 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 丑不冠带主不还乡

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

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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