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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 1974

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TODAY
Sun
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Tue
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Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 530Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 51Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 52Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 53Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 54Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 55Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 56Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Heat7Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 58Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 59Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 510Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 511Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 512Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 513Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 514Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 515Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 516Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 517Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 518Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 619Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 620Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 621Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 622Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Heat23Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 624Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 625Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 626Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 627Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 628Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 629Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 631Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 67Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn8Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 69Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 610Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, July 12, 1974

Lunar 一九七四年 · 五月廿三

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    1974-07-07

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1974-07-12

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Tue

    1974-07-23

    In 11 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Thu

    1974-08-08

    In 27 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

甲寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

辛未

五月廿三

Day cycle

甲寅

大溪水

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageRelocateMove into a homeTravelOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementReceive wealth

Avoid

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

Offer prayersRaise a roof beamOpen a storehouseDig a wellAnimal husbandry

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊申)猴 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

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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