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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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Thu
Fri
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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

Sunday, July 12, 1840

Lunar 一八四〇年 · 六月十四

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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

    Tue

    1840-07-07

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1840-07-12

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Thu

    1840-07-23

    In 11 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Fri

    1840-08-07

    In 26 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

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

癸未

六月十四

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteTreat illnessBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

Open for businessMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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