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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 1962

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Lunar month 51Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 66Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Heat7Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 68Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 69Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 610Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 611Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 612Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 613Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 614Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 615Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 616Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 617Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 618Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 619Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 620Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 621Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 622Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Heat23Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 624Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 625Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 626Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 627Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 628Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 629Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 630Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 77Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn8Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, July 8, 1962

Lunar 一九六二年 · 六月初七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. 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. Summer Solstice

    Fri

    1962-06-22

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1962-07-08

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Mon

    1962-07-23

    In 15 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Wed

    1962-08-08

    In 31 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

壬寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

丁未

六月初七

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConstructionTravelBuild a houseRaise pillarsMake vehicles and toolsTrain livestockBuild animal sheltersHarvest honey

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialDig a wellBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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