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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 1852

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Lunar month 527Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 528Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 529Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 530Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 51Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 52Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 53Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 54Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 55Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 56Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Heat7Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 58Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 59Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 510Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 511Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 512Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 513Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 514Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 515Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 516Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 617Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 618Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 619Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 620Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 621Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 622Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Heat23Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 624Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 625Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 626Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 627Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 628Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 629Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 630Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 631Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 61Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 62Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 63Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 64Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 65Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 66Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn7Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, July 20, 1852

Lunar 一八五二年 · 六月初四

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and giving thanks. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    1852-07-07

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1852-07-20

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Fri

    1852-07-23

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Sat

    1852-08-07

    In 18 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

壬子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

丁未

六月初四

Day cycle

癸未

杨柳木

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringTravelTradeHarvest honeyBuild animal shelters

Avoid

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

MarriageBuild a stoveBurialBreak groundLitigationBuild roof beamsTimber workDig a wellBreak ground for burialRelocate

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁丑)牛 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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