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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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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

Monday, July 20, 1818

Lunar 一八一八年 · 六月十八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. 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. Lesser Heat

    Wed

    1818-07-08

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1818-07-20

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Thu

    1818-07-23

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Sat

    1818-08-08

    In 19 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

六月十八

Day cycle

甲申

泉中水

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateMove the hearthDismantleConstructionBreak groundWelcome a household member

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊寅)虎 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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