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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 1821

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TODAY
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Lunar month 61Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 64Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 65Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 66Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Heat7Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 68Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 69Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 610Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 611Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 612Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 613Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 614Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 615Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 616Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 617Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 618Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 619Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 620Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 621Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 622Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Heat23Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 624Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 625Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 626Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 627Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 628Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 729Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 730Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 731Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 71Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 72Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 77Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn8Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 711Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, July 24, 1821

Lunar 一八二一年 · 六月廿六

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. 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. Lesser Heat

    Sat

    1821-07-07

    Passed 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1821-07-24

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Wed

    1821-08-08

    In 15 days

  4. End of Heat

    Thu

    1821-08-23

    In 30 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

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

乙未

六月廿六

Day cycle

甲辰

覆灯火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageRelocateMove into a homeTravelMake an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteSculpture and painting

Avoid

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

BurialBreak ground for burialOpen for businessOpen a storehouseDispatch goodsTomb-opening rite

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊戌)狗 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

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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