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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 1873

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TODAY
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Lunar month 629Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Heat7Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 68Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 69Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 610Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 611Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 612Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 613Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 614Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 615Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 616Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 617Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 618Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 619Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 620Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 621Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 622Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Heat23Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 624Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 625Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 626Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 627Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 628Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 629Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 630Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 631Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 61Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 62Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 63Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 64Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 65Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 66Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn7Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 68Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 69Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, July 5, 1873

Lunar 一八七三年 · 六月十一

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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

    Sat

    1873-06-21

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1873-07-05

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Lesser Heat

    Mon

    1873-07-07

    In 2 days

  4. Greater Heat

    Wed

    1873-07-23

    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

癸酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

戊午

六月十一

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringTrain livestockPest controlAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Purification riteRelocateMove into a homeBreak ground

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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