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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 1843

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TODAY
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Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 525Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 526Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 527Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 628Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 629Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 630Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 66Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 67Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Heat8Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 69Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 610Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 611Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 612Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 613Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 614Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 615Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 616Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 617Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 618Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 619Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 620Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 621Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 622Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Heat23Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 624Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 625Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 626Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 727Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, July 25, 1843

Lunar 一八四三年 · 六月廿八

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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. Greater Heat

    Sun

    1843-07-23

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1843-07-25

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Tue

    1843-08-08

    In 14 days

  4. End of Heat

    Thu

    1843-08-24

    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

癸卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

己未

六月廿八

Day cycle

庚子

壁上土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersLift misfortuneGroom nailsSet a bedBathingFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

MarriagePurification riteOpen for businessMove the hearthMove into a homeRelocateTravelBuild a stoveInstall doorsTimber work

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲午)马 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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