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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 1952

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Leap lunar month 529Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 530Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 51Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 52Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 53Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 54Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 55Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 56Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Heat7Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 58Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 59Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 510Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 511Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 512Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 513Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 514Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 515Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 516Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 517Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 518Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 519Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 520Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 521Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 622Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Heat23Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 624Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 625Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 626Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 627Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 628Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 629Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 631Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn7Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 68Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 69Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, July 19, 1952

Lunar 一九五二年 · 闰五月廿八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. 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

    Mon

    1952-07-07

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1952-07-19

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Wed

    1952-07-23

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Thu

    1952-08-07

    In 19 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

壬辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

丁未

闰五月廿八

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalOpen for businessTravelBreak groundRaise a roof beamRelocateMove into a homeBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

Make an offeringOffer prayers

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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