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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 1998

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TODAY
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Thu
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Leap lunar month 528Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 529Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 530Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 51Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 52Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 53Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 54Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 55Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 56Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Heat7Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 58Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 59Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 510Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 511Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 512Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 513Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 514Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 515Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 516Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 517Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 518Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 519Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 520Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 521Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 522Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Heat23Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 624Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 625Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 626Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 627Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 628Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 629Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 631Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 67Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn8Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, July 8, 1998

Lunar 一九九八年 · 闰五月十五

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for deep study and thoughtful travel. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Sun

    1998-06-21

    Passed 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1998-07-08

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Thu

    1998-07-23

    In 15 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Sat

    1998-08-08

    In 31 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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

己未

闰五月十五

Day cycle

丙辰

沙中土

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringWelcome a household memberReceive wealthReceive livestockAnimal husbandryCaptureAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Open for businessMove into a homeSet a bedBreak groundBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚戌)狗 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

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

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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