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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

Monday, July 31, 1978

Lunar 一九七八年 · 六月廿七

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. Greater Heat

    Sun

    1978-07-23

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1978-07-31

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Tue

    1978-08-08

    In 8 days

  4. End of Heat

    Wed

    1978-08-23

    In 23 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

大暑 → 立秋

Year cycle

戊午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

己未

六月廿七

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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