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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 1956

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 51Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 56Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Heat7Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 68Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 69Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 610Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 611Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 612Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 613Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 614Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 615Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 616Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 617Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 618Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 619Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 620Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 621Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 622Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Heat23Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 624Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 625Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 626Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 627Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 628Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 629Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 631Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn7Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 78Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, July 18, 1956

Lunar 一九五六年 · 六月十一

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for deep study and thoughtful travel. 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

    Sat

    1956-07-07

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1956-07-18

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Mon

    1956-07-23

    In 5 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Tue

    1956-08-07

    In 20 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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

乙未

六月十一

Day cycle

丙戌

屋上土

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚辰)龙 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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