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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 1985

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 530Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 51Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 52Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 53Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 54Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 55Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 56Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Heat7Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 58Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 59Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 510Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 511Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 512Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 513Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 514Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 515Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 516Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 517Day 30Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 618Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 619Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 620Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 621Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 622Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Heat23Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 624Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 625Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 626Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 627Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 628Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 629Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 630Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn7Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 68Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 69Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 610Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, July 9, 1985

Lunar 一九八五年 · 五月廿二

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. 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. Lesser Heat

    Sun

    1985-07-07

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1985-07-09

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Tue

    1985-07-23

    In 14 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Wed

    1985-08-07

    In 29 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

乙丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

癸未

五月廿二

Day cycle

己酉

大驿土

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Receive wealthOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementTravelMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateLift misfortune

Avoid

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

Purification riteMove into a homeInstall doorsBurialBreak ground for burialFuneral procession

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸卯)兔 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

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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