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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 1871

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 525Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 526Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 527Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 528Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 529Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 530Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 51Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 52Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 53Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 54Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 55Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 56Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Heat7Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 58Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 59Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 510Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 511Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 512Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 513Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 514Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 515Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 516Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 517Day 30NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 618Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 619Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 620Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 621Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 622Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Heat23Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 624Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 625Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 626Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 627Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 628Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 629Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 631Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, July 27, 1871

Lunar 一八七一年 · 六月初十

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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. Greater Heat

    Sun

    1871-07-23

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1871-07-27

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Tue

    1871-08-08

    In 12 days

  4. End of Heat

    Wed

    1871-08-23

    In 27 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

辛未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

乙未

六月初十

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageOpen for businessExecute an agreementMake an offeringOffer prayersBreak groundRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

Build a templeBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

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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