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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 1996

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 530Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 51Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 56Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Heat7Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 58Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 59Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 510Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 511Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 512Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 513Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 514Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 515Day 30SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 616Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 617Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 618Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 619Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 620Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 621Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Heat22Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 623Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 624Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 625Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 626Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 627Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 628Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 629Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 631Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 66Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn7Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 68Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 69Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 610Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, July 8, 1996

Lunar 一九九六年 · 五月廿三

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Fri

    1996-06-21

    Passed 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1996-07-08

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Mon

    1996-07-22

    In 14 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Wed

    1996-08-07

    In 30 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

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

乙未

五月廿三

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurialSeal openingsPest control

Avoid

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

Open for businessMove into a homeMarriageConsecrateBuild a house

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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