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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 1866

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Lunar month 51Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 52Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 53Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 54Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 55Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 56Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Heat7Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 58Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 59Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 510Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 511Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 612Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 613Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 614Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 615Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 616Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 617Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 618Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 619Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 620Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 621Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 622Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Heat23Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 624Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 625Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 626Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 627Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 628Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 629Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 630Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 67Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn8Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 69Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 710Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 711Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, July 28, 1866

Lunar 一八六六年 · 六月十七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. 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. Greater Heat

    Mon

    1866-07-23

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1866-07-28

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Wed

    1866-08-08

    In 11 days

  4. End of Heat

    Thu

    1866-08-23

    In 26 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

大暑 → 立秋

Year cycle

丙寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

乙未

六月十七

Day cycle

甲辰

覆灯火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageRelocateMove into a homeTravelMake an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteSculpture and painting

Avoid

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

BurialBreak ground for burialOpen for businessOpen a storehouseDispatch goodsTomb-opening rite

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊戌)狗 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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