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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 1862

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 629Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 630Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Heat7Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 68Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 69Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 610Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 611Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 612Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 613Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 614Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 615Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 616Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 617Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 618Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 619Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 620Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 621Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 622Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Heat23Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 624Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 625Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 626Day 30SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 727Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 728Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 729Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 77Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn8Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, July 8, 1862

Lunar 一八六二年 · 六月十二

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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

    Sun

    1862-06-22

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1862-07-08

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Wed

    1862-07-23

    In 15 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Fri

    1862-08-08

    In 31 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

壬戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

丁未

六月十二

Day cycle

癸亥

大海水

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingClean the homeAvoid 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

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁巳)蛇 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

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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