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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 1950

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Lunar month 525Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 526Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 527Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 528Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 529Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 530Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 51Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 52Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 53Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 54Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 55Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 56Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 57Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Heat8Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 59Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 510Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 511Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 512Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 513Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 514Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 615Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 616Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 617Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 618Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 619Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 620Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 621Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 622Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Heat23Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 624Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 625Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 626Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 627Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 628Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 629Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 631Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, July 12, 1950

Lunar 一九五〇年 · 五月廿八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for warm gatherings and thoughtful travel. 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

    Sat

    1950-07-08

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1950-07-12

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Sun

    1950-07-23

    In 11 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Tue

    1950-08-08

    In 27 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

庚寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

癸未

五月廿八

Day cycle

戊申

大驿土

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingSculpture and paintingConsecrateBegin studyLift misfortuneClean the homeTreat illnessDig a pondAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

MarriageTravelFormal betrothalMove into a homeBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬寅)虎 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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