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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 1949

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Lunar month 626Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 627Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 628Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 629Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 630Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Heat7Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 68Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 69Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 610Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 611Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 612Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 613Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 614Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 615Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 616Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 617Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 618Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 619Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 620Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 621Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 622Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Heat23Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 624Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 625Day 30SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 726Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 727Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, July 23, 1949

Lunar 一九四九年 · 六月廿八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Thu

    1949-07-07

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1949-07-23

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Mon

    1949-08-08

    In 16 days

  4. End of Heat

    Tue

    1949-08-23

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 大暑

Year cycle

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

辛未

六月廿八

Day cycle

甲寅

大溪水

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageRelocateMove into a homeTravelOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementReceive wealth

Avoid

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

Offer prayersRaise a roof beamOpen a storehouseDig a wellAnimal husbandry

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊申)猴 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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