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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 1990

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Leap lunar month 51Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 52Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 53Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 54Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 55Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 56Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Heat7Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 58Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 59Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 510Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 511Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 512Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 513Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 514Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 515Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 516Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 517Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 518Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 519Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 520Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 521Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 622Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Heat23Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 624Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 625Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 626Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 627Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 628Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 629Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 631Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 67Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn8Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 69Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 610Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 611Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, July 19, 1990

Lunar 一九九〇年 · 闰五月廿七

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. 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

    Sat

    1990-07-07

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1990-07-19

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Mon

    1990-07-23

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Wed

    1990-08-08

    In 20 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

庚午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

癸未

闰五月廿七

Day cycle

乙酉

泉中水

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageConsecrateLift misfortuneSet a bedAnimal husbandryHaircutOpen for businessFuneral preparationTomb-opening riteMove a coffin

Avoid

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

Build a stoveBreak groundRaise a roof beamPlantingMove into a homeRelocateConstructionOffer prayers

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己卯)兔 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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