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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 1872

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TODAY
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Lunar month 530Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 51Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 52Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 53Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 54Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 55Day 30SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Heat7Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 68Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 69Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 610Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 611Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 612Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 613Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 614Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 615Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 616Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 617Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 618Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 619Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 620Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 621Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Heat22Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 623Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 624Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 625Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 626Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 627Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 628Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 629Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 631Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn7Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 78Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, July 12, 1872

Lunar 一八七二年 · 六月初七

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for warm gatherings and deep study. 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

    Sun

    1872-07-07

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1872-07-12

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Mon

    1872-07-22

    In 10 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Wed

    1872-08-07

    In 26 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

壬申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

丁未

六月初七

Day cycle

庚申

石榴木

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

RelocateMove into a homeTreat illnessVisit friends and familyMake an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteSet an altarMarriageBuild a house

Avoid

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

Open for businessSet a bedTravelMeridian therapy

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲寅)虎 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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