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A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

July 1880

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Lunar month 527Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 528Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 529Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 530Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 51Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 52Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 53Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 54Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 55Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 56Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Heat7Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 68Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 69Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 610Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 611Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 612Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 613Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 614Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 615Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 616Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 617Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 618Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 619Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 620Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 621Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Heat22Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 623Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 624Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 625Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 626Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 627Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 628Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 629Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 631Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn7Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, July 4, 1880

Lunar 一八八〇年 · 五月廿七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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

    Mon

    1880-06-21

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1880-07-04

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Lesser Heat

    Wed

    1880-07-07

    In 3 days

  4. Greater Heat

    Thu

    1880-07-22

    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

庚辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

壬午

五月廿七

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringFuneral preparationMove a coffinTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

Raise a roof beamBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊子)鼠 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

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

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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