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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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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

Thursday, July 17, 1862

Lunar 一八六二年 · 六月廿一

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Mon

    1862-07-07

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1862-07-17

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Wed

    1862-07-23

    In 6 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Fri

    1862-08-08

    In 22 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

六月廿一

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteTreat illnessBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

Open for businessMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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