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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 1865

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Leap lunar month 525Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 526Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 527Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 528Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 529Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 530Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 51Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 52Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 53Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 54Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 55Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 56Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Heat7Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 58Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 59Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 510Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 511Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 512Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 513Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 514Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 515Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 516Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 517Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 518Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 519Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 520Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 521Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 522Day 30SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Heat23Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 624Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 625Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 626Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 627Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 628Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 629Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 631Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, July 5, 1865

Lunar 一八六五年 · 闰五月十三

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Wed

    1865-06-21

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1865-07-05

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Lesser Heat

    Fri

    1865-07-07

    In 2 days

  4. Greater Heat

    Sun

    1865-07-23

    In 18 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

乙丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

壬午

闰五月十三

Day cycle

丙子

涧下水

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Move into a homeMarriageRelocate

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚午)马 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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