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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 1855

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Lunar month 51Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 52Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 53Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 54Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 55Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 56Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 57Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Heat8Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 59Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 510Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 511Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 512Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 513Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 614Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 615Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 616Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 617Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 618Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 619Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 620Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 621Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 622Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Heat23Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 624Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 625Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 626Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 627Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 628Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 629Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 631Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 67Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn8Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 69Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 610Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 611Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, July 20, 1855

Lunar 一八五五年 · 六月初七

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Sun

    1855-07-08

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1855-07-20

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Mon

    1855-07-23

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Wed

    1855-08-08

    In 19 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

乙卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

癸未

六月初七

Day cycle

戊戌

平地木

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringMarriageHuntingMake nets

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialTreat illnessDig a channel

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬辰)龙 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

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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