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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 1879

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Lunar month 529Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 530Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 51Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 52Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 53Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 54Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 55Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 56Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Heat7Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 58Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 59Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 510Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 511Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 512Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 513Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 514Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 515Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 516Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 517Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 518Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 619Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 620Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 621Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 622Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Heat23Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 624Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 625Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 626Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 627Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 628Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 629Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 631Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 67Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn8Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 69Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, July 20, 1879

Lunar 一八七九年 · 六月初二

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Mon

    1879-07-07

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1879-07-20

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Wed

    1879-07-23

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Fri

    1879-08-08

    In 19 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

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

辛未

六月初二

Day cycle

甲辰

覆灯火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageRelocateMove into a homeTravelMake an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteSculpture and painting

Avoid

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

BurialBreak ground for burialOpen for businessOpen a storehouseDispatch goodsTomb-opening rite

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊戌)狗 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

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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