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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 1997

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TODAY
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Lunar month 529Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 530Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 51Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 52Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 53Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 54Day 30Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Heat7Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 68Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 69Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 610Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 611Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 612Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 613Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 614Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 615Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 616Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 617Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 618Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 619Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 620Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 621Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 622Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Heat23Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 624Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 625Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 626Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 627Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 628Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 629Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 630Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 631Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 61Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn7Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 78Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, July 29, 1997

Lunar 一九九七年 · 六月廿五

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. Greater Heat

    Wed

    1997-07-23

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1997-07-29

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Thu

    1997-08-07

    In 9 days

  4. End of Heat

    Sat

    1997-08-23

    In 25 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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

丁未

六月廿五

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteTreat illnessBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

Open for businessMove into a home

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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