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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

Saturday, July 9, 1853

Lunar 一八五三年 · 六月初四

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. 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

    Thu

    1853-07-07

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1853-07-09

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Sat

    1853-07-23

    In 14 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Mon

    1853-08-08

    In 30 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

癸丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

己未

六月初四

Day cycle

丁丑

涧下水

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Demolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid 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

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛未)羊 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 丑不冠带主不还乡

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

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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