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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 1878

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Lunar month 630Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Heat7Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 68Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 69Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 610Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 611Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 612Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 613Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 614Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 615Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 616Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 617Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 618Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 619Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 620Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 621Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 622Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Heat23Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 624Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 625Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 626Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 627Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 628Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 629Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 730Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 77Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn8Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 79Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 710Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, July 11, 1878

Lunar 一八七八年 · 六月十二

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

    1878-07-07

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1878-07-11

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Tue

    1878-07-23

    In 12 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Thu

    1878-08-08

    In 28 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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

己未

六月十二

Day cycle

庚寅

松柏木

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessTradeExecute an agreementReceive wealthBreak groundConsecrateTravelMarriageFormal betrothalMake a pact

Avoid

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

Move into a homeRelocateBuild a stoveMake an offeringThanksgiving rite

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲申)猴 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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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