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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

July 1983

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Lunar month 526Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 527Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 528Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 529Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 530Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 51Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 55Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 56Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 57Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Heat8Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 59Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 610Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 611Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 612Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 613Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 614Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 615Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 616Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 617Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 618Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 619Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 620Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 621Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 622Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Heat23Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 624Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 625Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 626Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 627Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 628Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 629Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 631Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, July 8, 1983

Lunar 一九八三年 · 五月廿八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Wed

    1983-06-22

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1983-07-08

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Sat

    1983-07-23

    In 15 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Mon

    1983-08-08

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 小暑

Year cycle

癸亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

己未

五月廿八

Day cycle

丁酉

山下火

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake vehicles and toolsConsecrateTravelDismantleLay foundationsSet a bedEnd mourning dress

Avoid

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

Raise a roof beamMove into a homeConstructionBreak groundBreak ground for burialMake an offeringOffer prayersPurification rite

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛卯)兔 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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