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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

Wednesday, July 17, 1878

Lunar 一八七八年 · 六月十八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. 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 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1878-07-17

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Tue

    1878-07-23

    In 6 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Thu

    1878-08-08

    In 22 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

六月十八

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConstructionBreak groundInstall machineryMake an offeringBathingLift misfortuneDismantleTreat illnessBuild a stoveBuild a house

Avoid

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

Open for businessMove into a homeTravelSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚寅)虎 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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