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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 1981

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Lunar month 528Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 529Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 530Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 51Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Heat7Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 68Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 69Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 610Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 611Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 612Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 613Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 614Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 615Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 616Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 617Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 618Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 619Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 620Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 621Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 622Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Heat23Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 624Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 625Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 626Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 627Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 628Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 629Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 630Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn7Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 78Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, July 28, 1981

Lunar 一九八一年 · 六月廿七

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. Greater Heat

    Thu

    1981-07-23

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1981-07-28

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Fri

    1981-08-07

    In 10 days

  4. End of Heat

    Sun

    1981-08-23

    In 26 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

辛酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

乙未

六月廿七

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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