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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 1951

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Lunar month 51Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 67Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Heat8Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 69Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 610Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 611Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 612Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 613Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 614Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 615Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 616Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 617Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 618Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 619Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 620Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 621Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 622Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 623Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Heat24Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 625Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 626Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 627Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 628Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 629Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 631Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 77Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn8Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 79Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 710Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 711Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, July 17, 1951

Lunar 一九五一年 · 六月十四

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Sun

    1951-07-08

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1951-07-17

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Tue

    1951-07-24

    In 7 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Wed

    1951-08-08

    In 22 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

辛卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

乙未

六月十四

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSeal openingsMake netsHuntingAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

RelocateOpen for businessMove into a homeMarriageConsecrateInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

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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