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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 1978

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 525Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 526Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 527Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 528Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 529Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 530Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 51Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 52Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 53Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 54Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 66Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Heat7Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 68Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 69Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 610Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 611Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 612Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 613Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 614Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 615Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 616Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 617Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 618Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 619Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 620Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 621Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 622Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Heat23Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 624Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 625Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 626Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 627Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 628Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 629Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 630Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 631Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 61Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 62Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 63Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, July 20, 1978

Lunar 一九七八年 · 六月十六

Daily direction

Southeast

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

    Fri

    1978-07-07

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1978-07-20

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Sun

    1978-07-23

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Tue

    1978-08-08

    In 19 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

戊午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

己未

六月十六

Day cycle

癸未

杨柳木

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringTravelTradeHarvest honeyBuild animal shelters

Avoid

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

MarriageBuild a stoveBurialBreak groundLitigationBuild roof beamsTimber workDig a wellBreak ground for burialRelocate

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁丑)牛 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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