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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 1851

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TODAY
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 629Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 630Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 66Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 67Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Heat8Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 69Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 610Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 611Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 612Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 613Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 614Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 615Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 616Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 617Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 618Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 619Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 620Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 621Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 622Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Heat23Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 624Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 625Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 626Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 627Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 728Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 729Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 730Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 731Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 71Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 72Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 77Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn8Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, July 13, 1851

Lunar 一八五一年 · 六月十五

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. Lesser Heat

    Tue

    1851-07-08

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1851-07-13

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Wed

    1851-07-23

    In 10 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Fri

    1851-08-08

    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

辛亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

乙未

六月十五

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Mend wallsSeal openingsMake netsFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinBurialTomb-opening riteAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲子)鼠 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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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