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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 1850

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 530Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 51Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 52Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 53Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 54Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 55Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 56Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Heat7Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 58Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 69Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 610Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 611Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 612Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 613Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 614Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 615Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 616Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 617Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 618Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 619Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 620Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 621Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 622Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Heat23Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 624Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 625Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 626Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 627Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 628Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 629Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 630Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 67Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn8Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 79Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 710Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, July 5, 1850

Lunar 一八五〇年 · 五月廿六

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Sat

    1850-06-22

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1850-07-05

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Lesser Heat

    Sun

    1850-07-07

    In 2 days

  4. Greater Heat

    Tue

    1850-07-23

    In 18 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

庚戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

壬午

五月廿六

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConstructionBreak groundLay foundationsInstall doorsSet a bedPlantingBuild a dikeMend wallsBuild animal shelters

Avoid

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

MarriageDig a wellMove into a homeRelocateMove the hearthTravelFuneral processionBurialConsecrateHaircut

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

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

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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