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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
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
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

Thursday, July 25, 1996

Lunar 一九九六年 · 六月初十

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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. Greater Heat

    Mon

    1996-07-22

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1996-07-25

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Wed

    1996-08-07

    In 13 days

  4. End of Heat

    Fri

    1996-08-23

    In 29 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

大暑 → 立秋

Year cycle

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

乙未

六月初十

Day cycle

癸亥

大海水

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingClean the homeAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁巳)蛇 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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