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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 1954

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Lunar month 527Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 528Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 529Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 630Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 66Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 67Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Heat8Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 69Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 610Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 611Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 612Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 613Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 614Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 615Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 616Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 617Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 618Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 619Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 620Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 621Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 622Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Heat23Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 624Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 625Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 626Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 627Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 628Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 629Day 30SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 77Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, July 31, 1954

Lunar 一九五四年 · 七月初二

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. Greater Heat

    Fri

    1954-07-23

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1954-07-31

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Sun

    1954-08-08

    In 8 days

  4. End of Heat

    Tue

    1954-08-24

    In 24 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

甲午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

辛未

七月初二

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Lift misfortuneMake an offeringHaircutFuneral preparationBurialBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessMove the hearthBuild a stoveAcquire propertyPurification riteMove into a homeRelocateInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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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