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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 1819

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 527Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 528Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 529Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 530Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 51Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 52Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 53Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 54Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 55Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 56Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 57Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Heat8Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 59Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 510Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 511Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 512Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 513Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 514Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 515Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 516Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 517Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 518Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 519Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 520Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 521Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 622Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 623Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Heat24Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 625Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 626Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 627Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 628Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 629Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 630Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 631Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 61Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 62Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 63Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 64Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 65Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 66Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 67Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, July 30, 1819

Lunar 一八一九年 · 六月初九

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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

    Sat

    1819-07-24

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1819-07-30

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Sun

    1819-08-08

    In 9 days

  4. End of Heat

    Tue

    1819-08-24

    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

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

辛未

六月初九

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactVisit friends and familyBegin studyMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelLift misfortune

Avoid

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

MarriageBuild a stoveMove the hearthAcquire propertyMove into a homeBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Avoid

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

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

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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