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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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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

Friday, July 31, 1953

Lunar 一九五三年 · 六月廿一

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and giving thanks. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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. Greater Heat

    Thu

    1953-07-23

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1953-07-31

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Sat

    1953-08-08

    In 8 days

  4. End of Heat

    Sun

    1953-08-23

    In 23 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

大暑 → 立秋

Year cycle

癸巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

己未

六月廿一

Day cycle

癸未

杨柳木

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringTravelTradeHarvest honeyBuild animal shelters

Avoid

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

MarriageBuild a stoveBurialBreak groundLitigationBuild roof beamsTimber workDig a wellBreak ground for burialRelocate

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁丑)牛 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 未不服药毒气入肠

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

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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