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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 1953

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TODAY
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Lunar month 528Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 529Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 530Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 51Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 52Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 53Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 54Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 55Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 56Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Heat7Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 58Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 59Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 510Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 611Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 612Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 613Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 614Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 615Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 616Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 617Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 618Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 619Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 620Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 621Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 622Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Heat23Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 624Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 625Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 626Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 627Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 628Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 629Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 630Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 67Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn8Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, July 16, 1953

Lunar 一九五三年 · 六月初六

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Tue

    1953-07-07

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1953-07-16

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Thu

    1953-07-23

    In 7 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Sat

    1953-08-08

    In 23 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

癸巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

己未

六月初六

Day cycle

戊辰

大林木

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBuild a stoveReceive wealthCapture

Avoid

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

Open for businessBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬戌)狗 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

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

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

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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