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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 1991

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Lunar month 530Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 51Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 55Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 56Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Heat7Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 58Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 59Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 510Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 511Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 612Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 613Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 614Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 615Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 616Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 617Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 618Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 619Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 620Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 621Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 622Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Heat23Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 624Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 625Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 626Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 627Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 628Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 629Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 631Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 67Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn8Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 69Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 710Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, July 1, 1991

Lunar 一九九一年 · 五月二十

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Sat

    1991-06-22

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1991-07-01

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Lesser Heat

    Sun

    1991-07-07

    In 6 days

  4. Greater Heat

    Tue

    1991-07-23

    In 22 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

辛未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

甲午

五月二十

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Install machineryMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenBathingLift misfortuneFormal betrothalOpen for businessConstructionRaise pillars

Avoid

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

MarriageSet a bedBuild a stoveBreak groundBreak ground for burialBuild a boat

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

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

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

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

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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