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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 1840

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TODAY
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Lunar month 528Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 629Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Heat7Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 68Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 69Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 610Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 611Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 612Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 613Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 614Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 615Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 616Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 617Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 618Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 619Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 620Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 621Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 622Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Heat23Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 624Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 625Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 626Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 627Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 628Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn7Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 78Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, July 4, 1840

Lunar 一八四〇年 · 六月初六

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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. Summer Solstice

    Sun

    1840-06-21

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1840-07-04

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Lesser Heat

    Tue

    1840-07-07

    In 3 days

  4. Greater Heat

    Thu

    1840-07-23

    In 19 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

夏至 → 小暑

Year cycle

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

壬午

六月初六

Day cycle

甲子

海中金

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a homeOpen a storehouseDispatch goods

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊午)马 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

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

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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