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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 1957

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Lunar month 630Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Heat7Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 68Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 69Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 610Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 611Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 612Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 613Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 614Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 615Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 616Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 617Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 618Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 619Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 620Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 621Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 622Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Heat23Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 624Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 625Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 626Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 727Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 77Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn8Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 710Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, July 21, 1957

Lunar 一九五七年 · 六月廿四

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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. Lesser Heat

    Sun

    1957-07-07

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1957-07-21

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Tue

    1957-07-23

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Thu

    1957-08-08

    In 18 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

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

丁未

六月廿四

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Meridian therapyMake an offeringBathingMend wallsSeal openingsEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinFuneral preparationTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

ConsecrateTreat illnessMarriageDig a wellBreak ground for burialBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊子)鼠 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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