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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 1818

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TODAY
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Lunar month 528Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 529Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 530Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 51Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 52Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 63Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 64Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 65Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 66Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 67Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Heat8Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 69Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 610Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 611Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 612Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 613Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 614Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 615Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 616Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 617Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 618Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 619Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 620Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 621Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 622Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Heat23Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 624Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 625Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 626Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 627Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 628Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 629Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 630Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 72Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 73Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 74Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 77Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn8Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, July 18, 1818

Lunar 一八一八年 · 六月十六

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. 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. Lesser Heat

    Wed

    1818-07-08

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1818-07-18

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Thu

    1818-07-23

    In 5 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Sat

    1818-08-08

    In 21 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

六月十六

Day cycle

壬午

杨柳木

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringFuneral preparationBreak ground for burialEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinTomb-opening riteBurialThanksgiving riteAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙子)鼠 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

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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