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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 1841

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Lunar month 527Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 528Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 529Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 530Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 51Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 55Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 56Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Heat7Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 58Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 59Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 510Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 511Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 512Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 513Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 514Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 515Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 516Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 517Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 618Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 619Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 620Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 621Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 622Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Heat23Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 624Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 625Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 626Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 627Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 628Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 629Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 631Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 67Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, July 9, 1841

Lunar 一八四一年 · 五月廿一

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

    Wed

    1841-07-07

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1841-07-09

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Fri

    1841-07-23

    In 14 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Sun

    1841-08-08

    In 30 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

辛丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

乙未

五月廿一

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringCut garmentsMake netsComing-of-age riteBathing

Avoid

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

Open a storehouseDispatch goodsAcquire propertyBurialBreak groundBreak ground for burialDig a wellPlanting

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

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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