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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 1853

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Lunar month 526Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 527Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 528Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 51Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 66Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Heat7Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 68Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 69Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 610Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 611Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 612Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 613Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 614Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 615Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 616Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 617Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 618Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 619Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 620Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 621Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 622Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Heat23Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 624Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 625Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 626Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 627Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 628Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 629Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 631Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, July 1, 1853

Lunar 一八五三年 · 五月廿五

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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

    Tue

    1853-06-21

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1853-07-01

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Lesser Heat

    Thu

    1853-07-07

    In 6 days

  4. Greater Heat

    Sat

    1853-07-23

    In 22 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

癸丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

戊午

五月廿五

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageSet the marriage bedCut garmentsComing-of-age riteTimber workRaise a roof beamMove the hearthDismantleRelocateConstruction

Avoid

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

Set a bedOffer prayersTravelBurialFuneral processionConsecrate

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

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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