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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 1856

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Lunar month 529Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 530Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 51Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Heat7Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 68Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 69Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 610Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 611Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 612Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 613Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 614Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 615Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 616Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 617Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 618Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 619Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 620Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 621Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 622Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Heat23Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 624Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 625Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 626Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 627Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 628Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 629Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 631Day 30NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn7Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 78Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, July 1, 1856

Lunar 一八五六年 · 五月廿九

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Sat

    1856-06-21

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1856-07-01

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Lesser Heat

    Mon

    1856-07-07

    In 6 days

  4. Greater Heat

    Wed

    1856-07-23

    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

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

甲午

五月廿九

Day cycle

乙酉

泉中水

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingHaircutMarriageBuild a stoveGroom nailsClean the homeRepair wallsLevel roads

Avoid

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

Purification riteTravelTreat illnessPrepare a coffin

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己卯)兔 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

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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