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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 1823

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Lunar month 529Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 530Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 51Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 52Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 53Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 54Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 55Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 56Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 57Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Heat8Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 69Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 610Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 611Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 612Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 613Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 614Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 615Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 616Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 617Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 618Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 619Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 620Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 621Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 622Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 623Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Heat24Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 625Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 626Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 627Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 628Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 629Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 631Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 77Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn8Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, July 16, 1823

Lunar 一八二三年 · 六月初九

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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

    Tue

    1823-07-08

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1823-07-16

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Thu

    1823-07-24

    In 8 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Fri

    1823-08-08

    In 23 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

癸未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

己未

六月初九

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurialSeal openingsPest control

Avoid

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

Open for businessMove into a homeMarriageConsecrateBuild a house

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

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

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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