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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 1988

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 526Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 527Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 528Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 51Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 56Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Heat7Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 58Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 59Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 510Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 511Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 512Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 513Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 614Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 615Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 616Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 617Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 618Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 619Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 620Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 621Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Heat22Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 623Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 624Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 625Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 626Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 627Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 628Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 629Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 631Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 66Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, July 1, 1988

Lunar 一九八八年 · 五月十八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Tue

    1988-06-21

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1988-07-01

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Lesser Heat

    Thu

    1988-07-07

    In 6 days

  4. Greater Heat

    Fri

    1988-07-22

    In 21 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

夏至 → 小暑

Year cycle

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

戊午

五月十八

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConstructionBreak groundLay foundationsInstall doorsSet a bedPlantingBuild a dikeMend wallsBuild animal shelters

Avoid

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

MarriageDig a wellMove into a homeRelocateMove the hearthTravelFuneral processionBurialConsecrateHaircut

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

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

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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